Safety features of subcritical fluid fueled systems [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Alamos, N.M. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Los Alamos National Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1995.
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| Abstract: | Accelerator-driven transmutation technology has been under study at Los Alamos for several years for application to nuclear waste treatment, tritium production, energy generation, and recently, to the disposition of excess weapons plutonium. Studies and evaluations performed to date at Los Alamos have led to a current focus on a fluid-fuel, fission system operating in a neutron source-supported subcritical mode, using molten salt reactor technology and accelerator-driven proton-neutron spallation. In this paper, the safety features and characteristics of such systems are explored from the perspective of the fundamental nuclear safety objectives that any reactor-type system should address. This exploration is qualitative in nature and uses current vintage solid-fueled reactors as a baseline for comparison. Based on the safety perspectives presented, such systems should be capable of meeting the fundamental nuclear safety objectives. In addition, they should be able to provide the safety robustness desired for advanced reactors. However, the manner in which safety objectives and robustness are achieved is very different from that associated with conventional reactors. Also, there are a number of safety design and operational challenges that will have to be addressed for the safety potential of such systems to be credible. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 10/01/1995. "la-ur--95-1792" " conf-9407103--" "DE95014018" 346 ISSN 0094-243X. International conference on accelerator-driven transmutation technologies and applications, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 25 Jul - 1 Aug 1994. Bell, C.R. [Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)] |
| Physical Description: | pp. 166-175 : digital, PDF file. |