Safety systems, built on state-of-the-art technology, are essential for achieving acceptable levels of plant safety to minimize hazards to the reactor and the general public. The second shutdown system(SSS) as an engi...Safety systems, built on state-of-the-art technology, are essential for achieving acceptable levels of plant safety to minimize hazards to the reactor and the general public. The second shutdown system(SSS) as an engineered safety feature and a part of the reactor protection system(RPS) is a means for rapidly shutting down a nuclear reactor, keeping it in a subcritical state and serving as a backup to the first shutdown system(FSS). In this research, one SSS with two types of optimum chamber designs is proposed that take into account the main current characteristic features of the Tehran research reactor with improvements over earlier designs. They are based on a liquid neutron absorber injection that is preferably different, diverse, and independent from the FSS based on the rod drop mechanism. The major design characteristics of this SSS with two different chambers were investigated using MCNPX 2.6.0 code. The performed calculations showed that the designed SSS is a reliable shutdown system, assuring an appropriate shutdown margin and injection time, with no significant effects on the effective delayed neutron fraction while causing minimal variations to the core structure. Further, the reasonable financial cost and the prolongation of the operation cycle are additional advantages of this design.展开更多
AP1000是美国西屋公司研发的大型压水反应堆,采用先进的非能动安全系统。AP1000反应堆有两种堆芯燃料布置方案:D19和Adv。结合两种设计方案的优点提出了一种新的堆芯燃料布置方案。利用MCNP6(Monte Carlo N-particle 6)程序对D19堆芯和...AP1000是美国西屋公司研发的大型压水反应堆,采用先进的非能动安全系统。AP1000反应堆有两种堆芯燃料布置方案:D19和Adv。结合两种设计方案的优点提出了一种新的堆芯燃料布置方案。利用MCNP6(Monte Carlo N-particle 6)程序对D19堆芯和新方案堆芯的首循环进行建模,并主要计算了新堆芯的核设计参数随燃耗的变化。结果表明,新堆芯在首循环寿期内满足AP1000的主要核设计准则。通过大规模并行计算表明,带燃耗计算功能的蒙特卡罗程序MCNP6能够在堆芯设计工作中发挥很好的参考作用。展开更多
文摘Safety systems, built on state-of-the-art technology, are essential for achieving acceptable levels of plant safety to minimize hazards to the reactor and the general public. The second shutdown system(SSS) as an engineered safety feature and a part of the reactor protection system(RPS) is a means for rapidly shutting down a nuclear reactor, keeping it in a subcritical state and serving as a backup to the first shutdown system(FSS). In this research, one SSS with two types of optimum chamber designs is proposed that take into account the main current characteristic features of the Tehran research reactor with improvements over earlier designs. They are based on a liquid neutron absorber injection that is preferably different, diverse, and independent from the FSS based on the rod drop mechanism. The major design characteristics of this SSS with two different chambers were investigated using MCNPX 2.6.0 code. The performed calculations showed that the designed SSS is a reliable shutdown system, assuring an appropriate shutdown margin and injection time, with no significant effects on the effective delayed neutron fraction while causing minimal variations to the core structure. Further, the reasonable financial cost and the prolongation of the operation cycle are additional advantages of this design.
文摘AP1000是美国西屋公司研发的大型压水反应堆,采用先进的非能动安全系统。AP1000反应堆有两种堆芯燃料布置方案:D19和Adv。结合两种设计方案的优点提出了一种新的堆芯燃料布置方案。利用MCNP6(Monte Carlo N-particle 6)程序对D19堆芯和新方案堆芯的首循环进行建模,并主要计算了新堆芯的核设计参数随燃耗的变化。结果表明,新堆芯在首循环寿期内满足AP1000的主要核设计准则。通过大规模并行计算表明,带燃耗计算功能的蒙特卡罗程序MCNP6能够在堆芯设计工作中发挥很好的参考作用。
