


(BEA) personnel then attended an alkali metals safety training class. An outside company was identified and contracted to provide training and consulting services. The facility came to realize that due to the retirements of key personnel, it needed to provide current employees operational experience with the handling and treatment of NaK. Information presented is considered adequate for use in feasibility studies and conceptual design, sizing components and systems, developing preliminary component and system descriptions, identifying technological limitations and problem areas, and defining basic constraints and = container was revisited in 2016, when researchers and chemists were consulted regarding the potential for superoxide formation and the best means to safely store and treat the container. Sufficient detail is included for basic understanding of sodium and NaK technology and of technical aspects of sodium and NaK components and instrument systems. Emphasis is placed on sodium and NaK as heat-transport media. The arrangement of subject matter progresses from a technological discussion of sodium and sodium-potassium alloy (NaK) to discussions of varius categories and uses of hardware in sodium and NaK systems.

The handbook is intended for use by present and future designers in the Liquid Metals Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Program and by the engineering and scientific community performing other type investigation and exprimentation requiring high-temperature sodium and NaK technology.
