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SAFETY ANALYSIS OF INCREASE IN HEAT REMOVAL FROM REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM WITH INADVERTENT OPERATION OF PASSIVE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL AT NO-LOAD CONDITIONS

  • SHAO, GE (School of Mechanical and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) ;
  • CAO, XUEWU (School of Mechanical and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
  • Received : 2014.10.20
  • Accepted : 2015.01.01
  • Published : 2015.06.25
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Abstract

The advanced passive pressurized water reactor (PWR) is being constructed in China and the passive residual heat removal (PRHR) system was designed to remove the decay heat. During accident scenarios with increase of heat removal from the primary coolant system, the actuation of the PRHR will enhance the cooldown of the primary coolant system. There is a risk of power excursion during the cooldown of the primary coolant system. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the thermal hydraulic behavior of the reactor coolant system (RCS) at this condition. The advanced passive PWR model, including major components in the RCS, is built by SCDAP/RELAP5 code. The thermal hydraulic behavior of the core is studied for two typical accident sequences with PRHR actuation to investigate the core cooling capability with conservative assumptions, a main steam line break (MSLB) event and inadvertent opening of a steam generator (SG) safety valve event. The results show that the core is ultimately shut down by the boric acid solution delivered by Core Makeup Tank (CMT) injections. The effects of CMT boric acid concentration and the activation delay time on accident consequences are analyzed for MSLB, which shows that there is no consequential damage to the fuel or reactor coolant system in the selected conditions.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China

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