Nuclear Engineering and Technology

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  • Pages.781-789
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  • 2022
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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Dynamic rod worth measurement method based on eqilibrium-kinetics status

  • Lee, Eun-Ki (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Central Research Institute (KHNP CRI)) ;
  • Jo, YuGwon (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Central Research Institute (KHNP CRI)) ;
  • Lee, Hwan-Soo (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Central Research Institute (KHNP CRI))
  • 투고 : 2021.06.22
  • 심사 : 2021.08.27
  • 발행 : 2022.03.25
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KHNP had licensed Dynamic Control rod Reactivity Measurement (DCRM) method using detector current signals of PWRs in 2006. The method has been applied to all PWRs in Korea for about 15 years successfully. However, the original method was inapplicable to PWRs using low-sensitivity integral fission chamber as ex-core detectors because of their pulse pile-up and the nonlinearity of the mean-square voltage at low power region. Therefore, to overcome this disadvantage, a modified method, DCRM-EK, was developed using kinetics behavior after equilibrium condition where the pulse counts maintain the maximum value before pulse pile-up. Overall measurement, analysis procedure, and related computer codes were changed slightly to reflect the site test condition. The new method was applied to a total of 15 control rods of 1000 MWe and 1400 MWe PWRs in Korea with worths in the range of 200 pcm -1200 pcm. The results show the average difference of -0.4% and the maximum difference of 7.1% compared to the design values. Therefore, the new DCRM-EK will be applied to PWRs using low sensitivity integral fission chambers, and also can replace the original DCRM when the evaluation fails by big noises present in current or voltage signals of uncompensated/compensated ion chambers.

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