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Sodium coolant for fast reactors: experience in preparation and delivery to BN-600; problems for BN-800

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The experience gained in examining the quality of sodium while refining the technology for sodium purification, production, and preparation for delivery to BN-600 is described. Studies of the chemical composition of sodium in different quality categories are generalized. It is shown that suspensions from corrosion of technological equipment and impurities from raw materials during the production of reactor-purity sodium can end up in the sodium. Ways to develop a methodology and chemical-analytical base for monitoring the impurity content of the sodium are briefly examined. Special attention is focused on determining the problems of supplying reactor-purity metallic sodium to the BN-800 reactor. Such analysis and problem formulation are topical in connection with future deliveries to the BN-800 reactor that is currently under construct.

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  1. State Science Center of the Russian Federation – Leipunskii Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (GNTs RF – FEI), Obninsk, Russia

    F. A. Kozlov, N. G. Bogdanovich, Yu. I. Zagorulko & V. P. Matveev

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 112, No. 4, pp. 195–199, April, 2012.

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Kozlov, F.A., Bogdanovich, N.G., Zagorulko, Y.I. et al. Sodium coolant for fast reactors: experience in preparation and delivery to BN-600; problems for BN-800. At Energy 112, 235–240 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-012-9551-4

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