IGCAR : Annual Report - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Fast Reactor Technology Group
Shri G. Vaidyanathan
Director
Shri. P. Kalyanasundaram
Associate Director, FRTG
Dr. C. Ananda Babu
Head, ST & HD
Shri K. K. Rajan
Head, SFD
Shri B. Krishna Kumar
Head, CIDD
The Fast Reactor Technology Group is actively involved in development and testing of models and prototype
components for Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), development and testing of sodium instrumentation,
and sodium pumps and flow meters. The group has both water and sodium test facilities and
carries out a wide range of tests/studies such as heat and mass transfer studies in cover gas above sodium
free levels, development of sodium components like cold trap, plugging indicator, filters, heaters,
valves etc., development and testing of sodium sensors for level and flow and leak detection sensors for
sodium leak, testing of control rod mechanisms, testing of inflatable seals, testing of fuel and other subassemblies
for pressure drop and cavitation, reactor assembly flow patterns, testing of full scale fuel handling
machines in air and sodium. A 5.5 MW t steam generator test facility for carrying out detailed temperature
measurements and study of transient response and thermohydraulic instability is also a part of
the group. The group is also responsible for vibration testing of steam generator and intermediate heat
exchanger. In short the group is working on all engineering aspects of FBRs.
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