The ( primary ) sodium which flowed through the core exchanged heat with a secondary sodium system which then exited the containment.
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The secondary sodium then passed through the tube side of 3 parallel steam generators and transferred heat to water on the shell side.
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Reactor design keeps 24 Na in the reactor pool and carries away heat for power production using a secondary sodium loop, adding costs to construction and maintenance.
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Each comprises a primary sodium pump, two intermediate heat exchangers, a secondary sodium pump with an expansion tank located upstream, and an emergency pressure discharge tank.
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It is a sodium cooled reactor with a thermal power rating of 62.5 megawatts ( MW ), an intermediate closed loop of secondary sodium, and a steam plant that produces 19 MW of generator.