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Event tree analysis of core disruptive accident consequences safety R and D planning. [LMFBR]

C.B. Peck, K.G. Feller

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These results provide a basis for planning research and development to support breeder reactor safety Line-of-Assurance 3. Consequences were calculated for different combinations of reactor containment design features and accident events assumed to occur with a 2500 MW(t) liquid metal fast breeder reactor hypothetical core meltdown. The consequences provide a figure of merit for evaluating both containment system concepts, and research which demonstrates favorable natural processes, and limits on unfavorable processes in the release of radionuclides in the environment.

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Key concepts: Containment (computer programming), Nuclear engineering, Breeder reactor, Breeder (animal), Event (particle physics), Core (optical fiber), Environmental science, Risk analysis (engineering)