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Effects of Repair Weld of Reactor Pressure Vessel Upper Head Control Rod Drive Mechanism Penetration Nozzle on J-Groove Weldment Using Finite Element Analysis

유한요소법을 이용한 원자로 상부헤드 CRDM 관통노즐 J-Groove 보수용접 영향 분석

  • Received : 2014.02.07
  • Accepted : 2014.04.01
  • Published : 2014.06.01
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Abstract

In pressurized water reactors, the upper head of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) contains numerous control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) nozzles. These nozzles are fabricated by welding after being inserted into the RPV head with a room temperature shrink fit. The tensile residual stresses caused by this welding are a major factor in primary water stress corrosion cracking (PWSCC). Over the last 15 years, the incidences of cracking in alloy 600 CRDM nozzles have increased significantly. These cracks are caused by PWSCC and have been shown to be driven by the welding residual stresses and operational stresses in the weld region. Various measures are being sought to overcome these problems. The defects resulting from the welding process are often the cause of PWSCC acceleration. Therefore, any weld defects found in the RPV manufacturing process are immediately repaired by repair welding. Detailed finite-element simulations for the Korea Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel were conducted in order to predict the magnitudes of the repair weld residual stresses in the tube materials.

국내 가압경수로형 원자로의 압력용기 상부헤드에는 많은 제어봉구동장치(CRDM) 노즐이 분포한다. 이들 노즐은 억지끼워맞춤(Shrink fitting) 방식으로 결합되어 용접 처리 된다. 용접에 의해 발생되는 인장잔류응력은 일차수응력부식균열을 발생시키는 주요 요인이다. 이러한 이유로 최근 15 여 년 동안 관통노즐 용접부 부위에서 균열 발생 사례가 증가하고 있으며, 이를 극복하기 위해 다양한 방안이 모색되고 있다. 또한 용접과정에서 발생되는 불필요한 결함은 일차수응력부식균열(PWSCC)을 가속화 시키는 원인이 되기도 한다. 원자로 제작과정에서 용접에 의한 결함은 보수용접에 의해 즉시 수리가 이루어 진다. 기존의 연구에서는 정상적인 용접과정에서 발생되는 잔류응력을 예측하였으나, 본 연구에서는 용접과정에서 발생되는 결함을 보수하기 위해 실시되는 보수용접이 용접잔류응력에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.

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