Safety Engineering Division


Mandate

Achievements
Expertise

Infrastructure/Facilities


  • Bubble Dynamic Studies in Boiling Sodium

Experimental setup for bubble dynamics studies in boiling sodium
Experimental components used for boiling sodium bubble dynamics studies
Instrumentation for experimental studies of bubble dynamics in boiling sodium

  • BIS qualification of sodium fire extinguishers

Equipment used for BIS qualification studies of sodium fire extinguishers

  • Sodium Spray Fragmentation Studie

Experimental facility for sodium spray fragmentation studies
Sodium spray fragmentation test setup with experimental chamber

  • Sodium leak and material degradation Studies

Samples showing sodium leak effects and material degradation

  • Severe Accident Test Facilities THEME and SOFI Facilities

Severe accident test facility for sodium thermal-hydraulic studies
Experimental equipment for severe accident studies in sodium
Three-dimensional model of the severe accident experimental facility
Sodium fire experimental setup for safety studies

  • Sodium Fire Test Facility

  • Sodium facility for response time evaluation ofPFBR core temperature probe

Sodium facility for evaluating PFBR core temperature probe response time
Schematic diagram of the PFBR core temperature probe test facility
Experimental arrangement for PFBR core temperature probe response evaluation
Sodium test vessel used for core temperature probe response evaluation

  • Sodium facility for response time evaluation ofPFBR core temperature probe

  • Dynamic X-ray imaging in sodium

Dynamic X-ray imaging setup for visualization of phenomena in sodium
Post Accident Thermal Hydraulics facility for core catcher design studies

  • Post Accident Thermal Hydraulics (PATH) Facillty for Design optimization of Core Catcher