Abstract: Case-by-case reviews of selective world experience with severe local faults, particularly fuel failure and fuel degradation, are reviewed for two sodium-cooled thermal reactors, several LMFBRs, and ...

Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy LMFBR Lines-of-Assurance are briefly stated and local faults are given perspective with an historical review and definition to help define the constraints of LMFBR ...

Abstract: This paper develops a nonlinear ordinary differential equation (O.D.E.) of motion for a disk parallel to a flat plate and levitated by incompressible laminar flow of fluid supplied from a ...

Abstract: An order-of-magnitude analysis is applied to the Navier-Stokes equations and the continuity equation for isothermal, radial fluid flow between oscillating and rotating disks. This analysis investigates ...

Abstract: This paper presents a case study of the safety instrumentation for a class of intensive heat-transfer systems that must be protected against severe loss of cooling while preventing premature ...