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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
Juan J. Carbajo, Paul A. Howard
Nuclear Technology | Volume 47 | Number 2 | February 1980 | Pages 244-265
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32430
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A new computer program, PLENUM-2A, has been developed to predict the conditions in the outlet plenum of a liquid-metal fast breeder reactor after a transient scram. This program divides the transient into three main consecutive discrete states. Two additional stages, one occurring before the transient begins and the other occurring as the transient ends, are also considered. The three main stages are described in detail, and calculations and experimental results are compared. The agreement between the calculations and experimental data is very good.
