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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 26 | Number 4 | August 1975 | Pages 430-441
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24443
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Capsule irradiations are being performed on fast reactor fuel pins in a sodium environment under loss-of-cooling conditions to determine the consequences of a fuel-pin failure. Special emphasis is given to the extent of possible fuel-sodium interactions (FSI) and the relocation of the fuel. The fuel pins were neither preirradiated nor prepressurized. So far no evidence has been found for a violent FSI on fuel ejection and sodium re-entry. Nevertheless, most probably a moderate FSI resulted from some fuel particles dropping into liquid sodium. These experiments indicate that considerable clad melting can occur before the fuel stack disintegrates. In addition, considerable fuel relocation can occur, which can ultimately lead to failure of the sodium containment.