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Benefits and challenges of small modular fast reactors : proceedings of a technical meeting.

"In the world market of power-producing nuclear reactors, there is growing interest in small and medium sized or modular reactors (SMRs). These can be assembled in-factory, transported by ship or train, installed on site and connected to the electricity grid in a short time, significantly reduc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna, Austria : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2021.
Colección:IAEA-TECDOC ; 1972.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Objective
  • 1.3. Scope
  • 1.4. Structure
  • 2. SUMMARY OF MEETING SESSIONS
  • 2.1. Session I: Sodium cooled fast SMRs
  • 2.2. Session II: Heavy Liquid Metal COOLED FAST SMRS
  • 2.3. Session III: Safety aspects of fast smrs
  • 2.4. Session IV: Technology and Research in Support of SMR Development
  • 3. SUMMARY OF GROUP DISCUSSIONS
  • 3.1. Group Discussion I: In-factory construction
  • 3.2. Group DIiscussion II: Technological challenges to be resolved
  • 3.3. Group discussion III: Benefits of fast smrs including market needs
  • 4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE MEETING
  • SESSION I: SODIUM COOLED FAST SMRS
  • LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF THERMALSTRIPING IN THE UPPER INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROTOTYPE GEN-IV SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTOR: Detailed modelling and simulation with optimal flow region and integrated simulation with component simplification
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Large eddy simulation of THE upper internal structure
  • 2.1. Preliminary simulation
  • 2.2. Simulation setup and numerical methods for the LES of the UIS
  • 3. integrated modelling and simulation of the entire PHTS for rvcs design
  • 4. conclusion
  • SMR CADOR: A SMALL SFR WITH INHERENT SAFETY FEATURES
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Context for Gen-IV SMR development
  • 2.1. General interest in SMR
  • 2.2. Gen-IV objectives
  • 2.3. Inherent safety for Gen-IV SFR
  • 2.3.1. Reactivity insertions
  • 2.3.2. Decay heat removal
  • 3. Objectives of the smr-cador
  • 4. governing equations of the problem
  • 5. Design of the decay heat removal system
  • 6. Complete pre-design scheme
  • 7. Pre-design options
  • 8. Conclusions
  • EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL SAFETY AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF MODULAR SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTORS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Modular SFR and its features.
  • 3. Analysis of influence of modular SFR safety characteristics on its economic indicators
  • 3.1. Reactor core safety features
  • 3.2. Reactor shutdown system
  • 3.3. Decay heat removal system
  • 3.4. Localizing safety system
  • 3.5. Severe beyond-design basis accidents
  • 3.5.1. Method for accounting of possible BDBA consequences in cost of electricity
  • 3.5.2. Analysis of impact of BDBA conditions on specific cost of electricity
  • 4. Recommendations on ways of improvement of modular SFR
  • 5. Conclusion
  • FEASIBILITY STUDY OF SMALL SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTORS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Modular concept
  • 2.1. Core design
  • 2.2. Plant design
  • 2.3. Economic evaluation
  • 3. Non Refueling Concept
  • 3.1. Core design
  • 3.2. Plant design
  • 3.3. Economic Evaluation
  • 4. Conclusions
  • A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF AUTONOMOUS AND ULTRA-LONG LIFE HYBRID MICRO-MODULAR REACTOR COOLED BY SODIUM HEAT PIPES
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Conceptual design of h-mmr core
  • 3. Numerical results
  • 4. conclusions and futureworks
  • SESSION II: HEAVY LIQUID METAL COOLED FAST SMRS
  • VALIDATION OF THERMAL HYDRAULIC DESIGN SUPPORT AND SAFETY METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION SEALER
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sealer
  • 3. Validation efforts in support of later application to sealer
  • 3.1. Validation for SPECTRA Simulations
  • 3.1.1. ELSY and ALFRED code-to-code comparison
  • 3.1.2. CIRCE experiments
  • 3.2. Validation for CFD Simulations
  • 3.2.1. CIRCE
  • 3.2.2. E-SCAPE
  • 4. Sealer Safety Analyses
  • 4.1. SPECTRA Model
  • 4.2. UTOP Analysis
  • 4.3. CFD Model
  • 4.4. Steady State at Beginning-of-Life
  • 4.5. Core Support Analysis
  • 5. Conclusions and outlook
  • LFR-SMR: AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS FOR MULTIPLE NEEDS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The LFR-AS-200
  • 2.1. Description of the LFR-AS-200
  • 2.2. Performance of the LFR-AS-200.
  • 2.2.1. The LFR-AS-200 version nearly self-sustaining in Pu
  • 2.2.2. The LFR-AS-200 as a Pu burner
  • 3. The micro LFR-TL
  • 4. Potential deployment of LFR at different power levels
  • 5. Conclusion
  • INHERENT SELF-PROTECTION, PASSIVE SAFETY AND COMPETITIVNESS OF SMALL POWER MODULAR FAST REACTOR SVBR-100
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Inherent self-protection and passive safety of SVBR-100
  • 2.1. Reactor self-protection against loss of coolant type accident
  • 2.2. Coolant compatibility with working medium in the secondary circuit and fuel
  • 2.3. Self-protection against accidents with SG tube rapture
  • 2.4. Reactor self-protection against loss of heat sink, unprotected loss of heat sink (ULOHS) type accidents
  • 2.5. Passive protection against reactivity accidents and unprotected transient over power type accidents
  • 2.6. Passive protection against unprotected loss-of-flow type accidents
  • 2.7. Radio-ecological safety
  • 2.8. Self-Protection against unauthorized "freezing" of LBE in the reactor
  • 2.9. Defence-in-Depth Barriers
  • 2.10. Tolerance to extreme initial events
  • 3. Competitiveness of NPPs based on reactors SVBR-100
  • 4. R&amp
  • D key results to subtantiate the reactor SVBR-100 project
  • 5. Conclusion
  • CLFR-300, AN INNOVATIVE LEAD-COOLED FAST REACTOR BASED ON NATURAL-DRIVEN SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. conceptural desing OF CLFR-300
  • 2.1. General description
  • 2.2. Reactor core
  • 2.3. Primary system and related auxiliary systems
  • 2.4. Safety systems
  • 3. natural-driven safety technology and its implementations in CLFR-300
  • 3.1. Definition of natural-driven safety technology
  • 3.2. NDS technology implementations in CLFR-300
  • 3.2.1. Natural-driven shutdown system (NDSS)
  • 3.2.2. Natural-driven decay heat removal system (NDDHRS)
  • 4. Conclusions.
  • CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF CHINA LEAD Cooled MINI-REACTOR CLEAR-M10D
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. China lead cooled reactor development strategy
  • 3. Design description of CLEAR-M10d
  • 3.1. Core design
  • 3.1.1. Reactor core design
  • 3.1.2. Fuel element design
  • 3.1.3. Thermal hydraulics design
  • 3.2. Reactor System design
  • 3.2.1. Key components design
  • 3.2.2. Engineering safety features
  • 3.3. Heat and Power Cogeneration System
  • 4. Conclusion
  • LEAD FAST REACTOR TECHNOLOGY: A PROMISING OPTION FOR SMR APPLICATION
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Compliance of the LFR to the SMR concept
  • 2.1. Technology-specific features
  • 2.1.1. Neutronics
  • 2.1.2. Physics and chemistry
  • 2.2. SMR-specific features
  • 2.2.1. Plant integration
  • 2.2.2. Flexibility
  • 2.2.3. Simplicity, compactness and sharing
  • 3. A commercial SM-LFR
  • 4. Challenges to deployment and role of ALFRED
  • 5. Conclusions
  • PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF LEAD-COOLED SMALL FAST REACTOR CORE FOR ICEBREAKER
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Computer codes
  • 2.1. Fast reactor analysis code system ARC
  • 2.2. Monte Carlo code MCS
  • 3. The design strategy of the conceptual core
  • 3.1. Core design requirements and primary parameters
  • 3.2. Pin design parameter
  • 3.3. Core configurations
  • 3.4. Optimization of the conceptual core
  • 4. Performance analyses
  • 4.1. Neutronic performance
  • 4.2. Thermal-hydraulic performance
  • 4.3. Control rod worth and reactivity feedback coefficients
  • 4.4. Integral reactivity parameters for quasi-static reactivity balance
  • 5. Conclusion
  • SEALER-UK: a 55 MW(E) LEAD COOLED REACTOR FOR COMMERCIAL POWER PRODUCTION
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Plant, fuel and core designL
  • 3. Safety
  • 3.1. Safety performance
  • 4. Economic performance
  • 5. Conclusions
  • SESSION III: SAFETY ASPECTS OF FAST SMRS.
  • EXPERIENCE IN THE PHYSICS DESIGN AND SAFETYANALYSIS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FBR CORES
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Calculation scheme and reference cores
  • 3. Core physics parameters
  • a comparison
  • 4. Response to unprotected loss of flow accident (ULOF)
  • 5. Conclusion
  • INNOVATIVE MODELLING APPROACHES FOR MOLTEN SALT SMALL MODULAR REACTORS
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. THE INVESTIGATED SYSTEM
  • 3. THE MODELLING APPROACH
  • 3.2. Thermal-hydraulics model
  • 3.3. Neutronics model
  • 4. ANALYSIS OF THE VOID REACTIVITY EFFECT
  • 5. ANALYSIS OF FUEL COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS
  • 6. CONCLUSIONS
  • NUMERICAL ASSESMENT OF SODIUM FIRE INCIDENT
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Numerical models in sphincs
  • 2.1. Pool combustion model
  • 2.2. Chemical reaction and recombination ratio of hydrogen
  • 2.3. Water vapor release from concrete
  • 3. Numerical investigation of sodium pool fire incident
  • 3.1. Numerical condition
  • 3.2. Result and Discussion
  • 3.2.1. No water vapor release from concrete
  • 3.2.2. Water vapor release from concrete
  • 4. Challenges in SMR
  • 5. Conclusion
  • ALFRED PROTECTED LOSS OF FLOW ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT IN CIRCE FACILITY
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Circe-hero experimental test PLOFA #1
  • 2.1. Facility description
  • 2.2. Experimental test PLOFA #1 description
  • 2.3. Experimental results
  • 3. Simulation activity
  • 3.1. Steady state results
  • 3.2. Transient results
  • 4. Conclusions
  • A PASSIVE SAFETY DEVICE FOR SFRS WITH POSITIVE COOLANT TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Description of FAST
  • 3. Reference cores
  • 4. ATWS analyses
  • 4.1. ULOF
  • 4.2. ULOHS
  • 4.3. UTOP
  • 5. Conclusions and future works
  • SESSION IV: TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF SMR DEVELOPMENT
  • MYRRHA TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH FACILITIES IN SUPPORT OF HEAVY LIQUID METAL SMR FAST REACTORS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Applicability of MYRRHA ramp.