ML20002E253

Thermal Hydraulic LMFBR Safety Experiments, Monthly Highlights for Nov 1980

ML20002E253
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Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	11/30/1980
From:	Ginsberg T, Greene G BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
To:	Silberberg M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES)
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CON-FIN-A-3024 NUDOCS 8101260758
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- Thermal Hydraulic LMFBR Safety Experiments .

I Subject of this Document: November Monthly Highlight Letter Type.of Document: . Monthly Highlight Letter Author (s): Theodore Ginsberg and George A. Creene Date of Document: November 1980 Respon:;ible L'RC Individual and ARC Office or Division: Dr. Melvin Silberberg Division of Reactor Safety Research U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 This document was prepared primarily for preliminary or internal use.

It has not received full review and approval. Since there may be substantive changes, this document should not be considered final.

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1. Thermal Hydraulf.c Reactor Safety Experiments 1.1 LWR Containment Steam Spike Phenomenology_ ,1. Ginsberg)

An experimental program to simulate the transient quenching of core debris in water was initiated. Spheres will be preheated to a specified temperature in a furnace and will be dropped into a test section containing cold water.

The rate of steam generation will be measured.

Equipmert and test section sizing is underway. A 5 kW furnace has been obtained and will be used in preliminary axpcriments.

1.2 Core-Concrete llest Transfer (G.A. Greene)

Subsequent to an informal meeting with D. Powers and J. Muir (SNL), ini-tial planning of heat transfer studies began. A detailed letter summarizing these plans will be sent to NRC.

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c e Distribution Thermal Hydraulic LMFBR Development Program BNL RSP Division Heads BNL RSP Group Leaders BNL RSE Personnel J. Soudreau, LASL I. Catton, University of California J. C. Chen, Lehigh University R. T. Curtis, NRC W. Cammill, NRC (2)

D. T. Eggen, Northwestern University H. H. Hummel, ANL (2)

W. Y. Kato, BNL M. S. Kazini, MIT H. J. Kouts, BNL A. Reynolds, University of Virginia M. Silberberg, NRC M. Stevenson, LASL J. C. Walker, Sandia Laboratory R. W. Wright, NRC U.S. NRC Division of Technical Information and Control i

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