The Fast Breeder Test Reactor—Design and operating experiences

Srinivasan, G.; Kumar, K.V. Suresh; Rajendran, B.; Ramalingam, P.V.

doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.09.024

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“…6 This occurred as a fuel subassembly was being transferred from the core to the periphery. 7 The problem began with the failure of a logic circuit involved in the rotation of the plug to move the selected fuel assemblies.…”

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“…First, the guide tube had to be cut into two parts using a "specially designed remote cutting machine" while ensuring that none of the chips produced during the cutting process fell into the core. 8 Then the damaged reflector subassemblies had to be identified using a periscope. Finally part of the sodium had to be drained out and the damaged subassemblies removed using specially designed grippers.…”

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India and Fast Breeder Reactors

Ramana

2009

Science & Global Security

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India has long pursued a fast breeder program, motivated in part by the availability of only poor quality uranium resources within the country. But progress so far has been disappointing, with only one test reactor having been constructed and having a chequered operating history. The larger Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor that is being constructed has a design that compromises safety and will produce expensive electricity, but could be used as a way to convert reactor-grade plutonium to weapon-grade plutonium. Projections offered by the nuclear establishment of fast growth of breeder reactors are methodologically flawed and based on very optimistic assumptions.

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India and Fast Breeder Reactors

Ramana

2009

Science & Global Security

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“…The requirements of ISI of various components of PFBR have been considered at the design stage itself and it is ensured that these requirements are met participating to ensure safe and reliable operation of the reactor systems. The components which cannot be inspected during the service life of the reactor have been identified and special care in design has been taken and stringent fabrication quality has been imposed (Srinivasan et al, 2006;Velusamy et al, 2010). One of the important components of the PFBR that required special attention and extensive developmental efforts toward ISI is the inspection of main vessel and safety vessel.…”

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An ultrasonic methodology for in-service inspection of shell weld of core support structure in a sodium cooled fast reactor

Kumar

Rajkumar

Sharma

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Nuclear Engineering and Design

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“…A subassembly Srinivasan et al (2006) consists of closely packed thin cylindrical tubes of fuel pellets. The coolant flows through a subassembly and transfers the heat generated due to fission.…”

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Effect of thermocouple time constant on sensing of temperature fluctuations in a fast reactor subassembly

Sharma

Muthialu

Jayakumar

2014

J. Sens. Sens. Syst.

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Abstract. Knowledge of temperature fluctuations in fast reactor subassembly is very important from a safety point of view. The time constant of thermocouples which are used for measuring coolant temperature in a fast reactor varies owing to various factors. Hence, it becomes necessary to investigate the effect of change in the time constant on sensed fluctuations. This paper investigates the dependence of temperature fluctuations on thermocouple time constants. A Scilab model consisting of source temperature profile, second-order thermocouple and histogram calculation is designed. Simulation is performed for various levels of fluctuations, fixed and variable thermocouple time constants. Kurtosis for each condition is calculated with the help of a histogram. It is found that the effect of true source fluctuations on sensor output is very large compared to that of a similar percentage of time-constant variations. Hence in systems like fast reactors, where the degree of source fluctuations (fluid enthalpy) is large in comparison to that of time-constant variations, the overall effect can be considered with great confidence to be the outcome of coolant temperature rather than thermocouple time-constant variations.

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The Fast Breeder Test Reactor—Design and operating experiences

Cited by 67 publications

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India and Fast Breeder Reactors

India and Fast Breeder Reactors

An ultrasonic methodology for in-service inspection of shell weld of core support structure in a sodium cooled fast reactor

Effect of thermocouple time constant on sensing of temperature fluctuations in a fast reactor subassembly

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