Response to small reactivity perturbations in an oxide and metal fuelled medium-sized liquid-metal fast breeder reactor

Properties of plutonium and its alloys for use as fast reactor fuels

“…Plutonium based alloy fuels are known to form solid-state or molten eutectic reactions with stainless steel cladding. The correlation between the fuel type and the coolant material revealed that sodium is the most favorable coolant types for metal fuels [48], due to its high specific heat and high thermal conductivity that allows for a fast and efficient transfer of heat to the coolant.…”