Sodium Fast Reactors with Closed Fuel Cycle - Chellapandi, P.

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Résumé :
This book presents the state of the art of sodium-cooled fast reactors with closed fuel cycles, offering in-depth coverage of reactor physics, materials, design, safety analysis, validations, engineering, construction, and commissioning aspects. The text addresses design essentials with a focus on reactor assembly including core and coolant circuits, fuel handling, instrumentation, control, energy conversion, and containment systems. It provides guidelines for concept selection, design, analysis, and validation, as well as design codes with sufficient background to ensure a solid understanding of the underlying mechanical basis....

Biographie:

Baldev Raj, BE, Ph.D, served the Department of Atomic Energy, India over a 42-year period until 2011. As distinguished scientist and director, Indira Gandhi Centre of Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India (IGCAR), he has advanced several challenging technologies, especially those related to the fast breeder test reactor and the prototype fast breeder reactor. Dr. Raj pioneered the application of nondestructive examination (NDE) for basic research using acoustic and electromagnetic techniques in a variety of materials and components. He is also responsible for realizing societal applications of NDE in areas related to cultural heritage and medical diagnosis. He is the author of more than 970 refereed publications, 70 books, and special journal volumes, and more than 20 contributions to encyclopedias and handbooks, as well as the owner of 29 patents. He is immediate past president, International Institute of Welding and President, Indian National Academy of Engineering. He assumed responsibilities as the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India in September 2014. He is a fellow of all science and engineering academies in India...

Sommaire:

Basis and Concepts. Design of Sodium Fast Reactors. Safety. Construction and Commissioning. International SFR Experiences. Fuel Cycle for SFRs. Decommissioning Aspects. Domains of High Relevance to SFR: Typical Examples. Economics of SFRs with a Closed Fuel Cycle.