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http://dx.doi.org/10.5050/KSNVE.2016.26.5.552

Seismic Test of the Control Rod Drive Mechanism for JRTR  

Choi, Myoung-Hwan (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Gyeong-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Sun, Jong-Oh (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Cho, Yeong-Garp (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering / v.26, no.5, 2016 , pp. 552-558 More about this Journal
Abstract
A control rod drive mechanism(CRDM) is a reactor regulating system, which inserts, withdraws or maintains a control rod within a reactor core to control the reactivity of the core. The CRDM for Jordan Research and Training Reactor with 5MW power has been designed and fabricated based on the HANARO’s experience through KAERI and DAEWOO consortium. This paper describes the seismic test results to demonstrate the operability, the drop performance and the structural integrity of CRDM during or after seismic excitations. The seismic tests are carried out under 5 OBE and 1 SSE loads at three Test Rigs simulating the reactor structure and the pool top. From the tests, the CRDM is smoothly driven without a malfunction of stepping motor under OBE load. The pure drop time under OBE and SSE loads is measured as 1.169s and 1.855s to meet the design requirement. Also, it is found that the CRDM maintains the structural integrity without a change of the function and natural frequency before and after seismic loads.
Keywords
JRTR; CRDM; Seismic Test; Test Rig; OBE; SSE;
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