...N. Mani; G. Thanigaiyarasu; P. Chellapandi The steam generators (SG) control the capacity factor of sodium cooled fast reactor plants and hence they are designed with high reliability. One of the strategies to enhance the reliability is to demonstrate leak before break (LBB) justification. LBB...

... engineering nuclear reactor instrumentation sodium leak detection The sodium leak incident occurred in the Japanese prototype fast breeder reactor “Monju” in 1995. The leakage was caused by the failure of a thermometer well which was inserted into the sodium coolant flow pipe 1 . The thermometer...