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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-C.2017.5.2.135

Analysis on Pool Temperature Variation along Pool Water Management System Operation in Research Reactor  

Choi, Jungwoon (Research Reactor System Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Sunil (Thermal Hydraulic and Severe Accident Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park, Ki-Jung (Research Reactor System Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Seo, KyoungWoo (Research Reactor System Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education / v.5, no.2, 2017 , pp. 135-143 More about this Journal
Abstract
The domestic unique research reactor, HANARO (Hi-flux Advanced Neutron Application ReactOr), has been constructed with the open-pool, the core is submerged in, for the multi-purpose neutron application. The reactor has a primary cooling system to remove the fission heat from the core and its connected fluidic systems. Since the works are required at the reactor pool top as a characteristic of the research reactor, the radiation shall be minimized with the operation of the hot water layer system to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure on the workers during work at the pool top. Moreover, the pool water management system is connected to the reactor pool to maintain the pool temperature below $50^{\circ}C$ to minimize the uprising radioactive gas or impurity from the colder pool bottom. For the efficient flow rate of the PWMS, the thermal capacity of heat exchanger is selected with 260 kW in the normal operation condition. In this paper, the modeling is formulated to figure out whether or not each pool temperature maintains below the temperature limit and the calculation results show that the designed PWMS heat exchanger has enough capacity with the design margin regardless of the reactor operation mode.
Keywords
Pool Water Management System; Open-Pool; Research Reactor; Pool Cooling; Pool Temperature;
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