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A new ANSI/ANS standard for liquid metal fire protection published
ANSI/ANS-54.8-2025, Liquid Metal Fire Protection in LMR Plants, received approval from the American National Standards Institute on September 2 and is now available for purchase.
The 2025 edition is a reinvigoration of the withdrawn ANS-54.8-1988 of the same title. The Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards Collaborative (ARCSC) identified the need for a current version of the standard via an industry survey.
Typical liquid metal reactor designs use liquid sodium as the coolant for both the primary and intermediate heat-transport systems. In addition, liquid sodium and NaK (a mixture of sodium and potassium that is liquid at room temperature) are often used in auxiliary heat-removal systems. Since these liquid metals can react readily with oxygen, water, and other compounds, special precautions must be taken in the design, construction, testing, and maintenance of the sodium/NaK systems to ensure that the potential for leakage is very small.
James Grundl, Arthur Usner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 8 | Number 6 | December 1960 | Pages 598-607
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25847
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The responses of the activation detectors P(n, p), Al(n, p), Fe(n, p), Al(n, α), and Cu(n, 2n) to the neutron spectra at the center of the bare U235 and Pu239 critical assemblies, Godiva and Jezebel, are the basis of a precision comparison of these two spectra above 2 Me v. Results, interpreted in terms of the spectral function E1/2e–βE, show that the average energy of this component of the spectrum in Godiva is 4.7 ± 0.8% lower than in Jezebel. From some preliminary measurements a close resemblance to the corresponding fission neutron spectra is indicated in this energy region. Results of photoplate measurements in the leakage spectra of both assemblies are considered and briefly analyzed. A discussion and determination of effective thresholds is appended.