Sodium Properties and Safe Operation of Experimental Facilities in Support of the Development and Deployment of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (NAPRO)
Closed for Proposals
Project Type
Coordinated Research ProjectProject Code
I31024
CRP
1900
Approved Date
22.02.2013Project Status
ClosedStart Date
05.09.2013Expected End Date
05.09.2018Completed Date
05.09.2018Description
The CRP addresses the need of standardization of sodium (Na) physical, physico-chemical and thermo-dynamic properties, main rules for design, construction and operation of Na experimental facilities, as well as good practices and safety guidelines for Na experiments
Objectives
The overall objective of the CRP is to support the Member States’ sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) research programmes by providing a consistent sodium property data to be used in the design, development, modelling, and simulation of advanced SFRs. A condition towards achieving this objective is an extensive understanding of the existing data that are available, an evaluation the existing data, the identification of the data gaps, and the development of recommendations for experimental programmes to support closing these data gaps. Supporting this necessary condition is the development of best practices experimental facility design and guidelines for the safe handling of sodium
Specific Objectives
WP1: Collection and assessment of data on sodium physical and chemical properties
WP2: Development of guidelines and best practices for sodium facility design and operation
WP3: Development of guidelines and best practices for sodium facility safety
Impact
Two CRP outputs, Sodium Coolant Handbooks: i) Physical and Chemical Properties and ii) Thermal-Hydraulic Correlations will be useful for a wide range of governmental and private sector organizations responsible for the development and/or deployment of sodium cooled fast reactors, including designers, manufacturers, vendors, research institutions, academia, technical support organizations (TSOs) and other organizations directly involved in technology development programmes on SFRs.
Relevance
The NAPRO CRP addresses the need of standardization of sodium physical, physico-chemical and thermo-dynamic properties. The CRP is relevant to the development of sodium cooled fast reactors technology
CRP Publications
Argentina, China, France, Germany, India; Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, USA, IAEA
Conference Proceeding
2017
S. Passerini, et al., IAEA NAPRO Coordinated Research Project: Physical Properties of Sodium Overview of the Reference Database and Preliminary Analysis Results, Proc. of IAEA Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles (FR17), paper CN-245-132, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2017 (in printing)
IAEA
Conference Proceedings (several papers on NAPRO CRP)
2018
Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Next Generation Nuclear Systems for Sustainable Development (FR17) Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 26–29 June 2017
Argentina, China, France, Germany, India; Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, USA, IAEA
Conference Proceeding
2017
O. Azpitarte, et al., The IAEA Coordinated Research Project on Sodium Properties and Safe Operation of Experimental Facilities in Support of the Development and Deployment of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (NAPRO), Proc. of IAEA Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles (FR17), paper CN-245-458, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2017 (in printing)
Argentina, China, France, Germany, India; Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, USA, IAEA
Conference Proceeding
2017
O. Azpitarte, E. Vázquez, M. Japas, M. Chocrón, A. Villaneueva, S. Passerini, C. Gerardi, C. Grandy, E. Bubelis, S. Perez-Martin, S. Jayaraju, F. Roelofs, C. Latge, A. Gerschenfeld, B. Long, P. Selvaraj, E. Marinenko, Y. Zagorulko, H. Ohira, V. Kriventsev, IAEA NAPRO Coordinated Research Project: Equations of State for Sodium, ICAPP 2017, Fukui and Kyoto – Japan, April 24-28, 2017
IAEA
2022
International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Sustainable Clean Energy for the Future (FR22), 19–22 April 2022, Vienna, Austria
Argentina, China, France, Germany, India; Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, USA, IAEA
Conference Proceeding
2013
S. Monti, C. Latge, B. Long, O. E. Azpitarte, P. Chellapandi, R. Stieglitz, S. Eckert, H. Ohira, J. Lee, F. Roelofs, E. Marinenko, C. Grandy, “A New IAEA Coordinated Research Project on Sodium Properties and Safe Operation of Experimental Facilities in Support of the Development and Deployment of Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors”, ICAPP 2014, 474-481, 2013
Argentina, China, France, Germany, India; Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, USA, IAEA
Conference Proceeding
2015
S. Passerini, C. Gerardi, C. Grandy, O.E. Azpitarte, E. Bubelis, M. Chocron, A. Gerschenfeld, M.L. Japas, S. Jayaraju, C.H. Latge, B. Long, E. Marinenko, H. Ohira, S. Perez-Martin, F. Roelofs, P. Selvaraj, Y. Zagorulko, S. Monti, IAEA NAPRO Coordinated Research Project: Physical Properties of Sodium, ICAPP 2015, Nice, France, May 3-6 2015
Argentina, China, France, Germany, India; Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, USA, IAEA
Conference Proceeding
2016
E. Bubelis, S. Perez-Martin, S. Passerini, C. Gerardi, C. Grandy, S. Jayaraju, F. Roelofs, C. Latge, A. Gerchenfeld, M. Anderhuber, L. Cachon, L. Matteo, S. Athmalingam, P. Selvaraj, S. Monti, IAEA NAPRO Coordinated Research Project: Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations for Sodium Cooled Systems, ICAPP 2016, San Francisco, USA, April 17-20 2016