LMFBR safety: Task 10 - characterization of sodium fires and fission product

The objectives of this project are to: develop a computer program for calculating two-dimensional, transient, natural convection phenomena such as those arising from various sodium spill accidents in Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) heat transfer equipment vaults, head compartments, containment buildings, and secondary heat transfer systems; develop experimental programs and conduct tests that will characterize the behavior of sodium, sodium oxide, fuel, fission product, and other aerosols as they might be generated by various postulated LMFBR accidents; determine by analysis and experiment the generation and transport of these aerosols; and determine the effects of an accident in an LMFBR involving fuel melting by contacting molten UO/sub 2/ (a fuel simulant) with stainless steel, sodium, concrete, and various sacrificial materials.