Sodium Fire Experimental Facility

Figure 15.26 Sodium Fire Experimental Facility (SFEF) Facility for large-scale sodium fire studies.

An important theme of the decade has been that of protection against sodium fires. The concern started with a non-nuclear event, a fire in a solar power facility at Almeria in Spain in 1986, in which structural steelwork suffered significant damage. Partly as a result of this experience, with detailed experimental support, extensive modifications were made to the Super Phenix secondary circuit cells to improve sodium leak detection, and to mitigate the consequences and secondary damage in the event of a major sodium leak. The fire protection systems at Phenix have also been improved. 

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