Abstract

Measures to decrease the sodium void effect of reactivity and the influence of this effect on the technical-economic performance and the safety of BN-1200 are analyzed. Three variants of the core structure differing by the structural implementation and dimensions are examined. It is shown that a flattened core with a sodium cavity, replacing the top end screen, gives self-protection of the reactor with respect to unanticipated accidents. The elimination of the sodium cavity and an increase of the core height result in degradation of the self-protection properties but at the same time improve the technical-economic properties of the reactor. The possibilities for optimizing the construction of the reactor from the standpoint of reaching a compromise between safety properties and the technical-economic characteristics are discussed.

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