CARR热工水力与安全分析程序TSACC的开发与验证

针对中国先进研究堆(CARR)的具体结构和运行特点,利用Fortran程序设计语言开发了CARR热工水力安全分析程序TSACC(Thermal-hydraulic and Safety Analysis Code for CARR). TSACC完全采用模块化结构设计,便于二次开发,可应用于多种事故工况及其他堆型的分析计算.基于程序验证的基本思想,分别利用TSACC和商用程序RELAP5/Mod3对CARR丧失厂外电源事故工况进行了计算.得到了堆芯平均通道以及最热通道内冷却剂流量、温度和最小偏离泡核沸腾比(MDNBR)等参数的瞬态响应.将TSACC计算结果与RELAP5/Mod3计算结果进行比较、分析后发现:除冷却剂发生倒流前后二者计算结果相差较大外,总体吻合较好.局部值差别较大的主要原因是两个程序在低流速区域选用的换热公式不同.程序验证结果表明了TSACC的准确性和适用性.     

全厂断电事故工况下小型铅铋快堆余热排出能力评价

小型铅铋快堆的非能动余热排出系统（PRHRS）主要是为应对全厂断电（SBO）事故,但目前并不确定该PRHRS能否有效带走堆芯衰变热以保证堆芯安全,因此开展了数值分析研究评价PRHRS的余热排出能力。本文使用RELAP5 4.0程序开展了小型铅铋快堆SBO事故热工水力分析,首先进行稳态计算,之后将稳态结果作为初值进行瞬态计算。研究结果表明：在整个SBO事故中,包壳峰值温度最高为820 K,主容器与保护容器壁面最高温度分别为792 K和769 K,均未超过安全限值,表明此PRHRS可有效应对小型铅铋快堆SBO事故。本文研究可为小型铅铋快堆PRHRS的工程设计奠定技术基础。     

Effect of cladding on the initiation behaviour of finite length cracks in an RPV under thermal shock

An analytical method has been developed and verified by three-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element analyses to evaluate stress intensity factors for finite length through clad and subclad cracks in reactor pressure vessels (RPV) under loss of coolant accident conditions. The method is applied to thermohydraulic transients of the RPV of KKS. The results demonstrate the margin of safety for the RPV for end of life material conditions.     

Development of a thermal-hydraulic analysis code for CARR

The China advanced research reactor (CARR) being built in Beijing, China, is a multipurpose research reactor for a variety of fields. Theoretical calculation of thermal hydraulic characteristics of CARR is presented in this paper. The theoretical analysis consists of initial steady and transient accidental analyses. Point reactor neutron kinetics model with six groups of delayed neutron is adopted for the solution of reactor power. All possible flow and heat transfer conditions are considered and the corresponding optional models are supplied in the theoretical calculations. A new simple and convenient model is proposed for the resolution of the transient behaviors of main pump instead of the complicated four-quadrant model. Gear method and Adams predictor–corrector method are adopted alternately for a better solution to such ill-conditioned differential equations corresponding to detail process. The initial multi-channel analysis shows that the effects of geometrical size on flow distribution play dominant role and the effects of core power distribution may be neglected. The temperature fields of fuel elements under asymmetrical cooling condition are also obtained, which are the bases for further study on transient-induced stress analysis, etc. Accidental analyses show that the activity of emergency cooling system apparently reduces the peak temperatures of fuel and coolant, peak quality and other operation parameters. Thus it effectively ensures the safety in operation of CARR. Because of the adoption of modular programming techniques, this code is expected to be applied to accidental analysis of other types of reactors by easily modifying the corresponding function modules. Also, this code is expected to be validated against experimental data.     

Simulation of the small modular reactor severe accident scenario response to SBO using MELCOR code

Advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) use different design in the systems, structures, components from large reactors for achieving a high level of safety and reliability. In present work, the SMRs severe accident caused by the station blackout (SBO) was modeled and analyzed using MELCOR code, and the simulation of the accident scenario response to SBO was conducted. Based on the steady state calculation, which agrees well with designed values, we introduced the SBO accident for transient calculation. First, the case of the SBO accident without the passive core cooling system (PXS) was calculated. The progression and scenario in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and the containment were simulated and analyzed, including the transient response, cooling capacity and thermal-hydraulic characteristics and so on. The station black-out transient in the SMR can be simulated accurately, and the main failure model in the accident process can be concluded. Then three other cases of the SBO accident with different passive safety systems (core makeup tank (CMT), accumulator (ACC), passive residual heat removal system heat exchanger (PRHR HX), automatic depressurization system (ADS)) of the PXS were calculated respectively, and the results for different passive safety systems were compared. The passive core cooling system can not only provide water to the primary coolant system, but also take away the reactor decay residual heat. So in a station black-out transient, we can get more time for restoring AC power, and effectively prevent the accidents such as Fukushima.     

Development of the analysis tool for the water cooling type passive residual heat removal system of Chinese pressurized reactor

An innovative design for Chinese pressurized reactor is the steam generator (SG) secondary side water cooling passive residual heat removal system (PRHRS). The new design is expected to improve reliability and safety of the Chinese pressurized reactor during the event of feed line break or station blackout (SBO) accident. The new system is comprised of a SG, a cooling water pool, a heat exchanger (HX), an emergency makeup tank (EMT) and corresponding valves and pipes. In order to evaluate the reliability of the water cooling PRHRS, an analysis tool was developed based on the drift flux mixture flow model. The preliminary validation of the analysis tool was made by comparing to the experimental data of ESPRIT facility. Calculation results under both high pressure condition and low pressure condition fitted the experimental data remarkably well. A hypothetical SBO accident was studied by taking the residual power table under SBO accident as the input condition of the analysis tool. The calculation results showed that the EMT could supply the water to the SG shell side successfully during SBO accident. The residual power could be taken away successfully by the two-phase natural circulation established in the water cooling PRHRS loop. Results indicate the analysis tool can be used to study the steady and transient operating characteristics of the water cooling PRHRS during some accidents of the Chinese pressurized reactor. The present work has very important realistic significance to the engineering design and assessment of the water cooling PRHRS for Chinese NPPs.     

DHR-200池式低温供热堆SBO-ATWS事故及自然循环能力分析

DHR-200池式低温供热堆(简称DHR-200池式堆)设计有自然循环瓣阀,为检验其安全性,选取典型的全厂断电叠加紧急停堆系统失效(SBO-ATWS)事故,使用RELAP5程序对其热工水力参数瞬态特性及其自然循环能力进行分析。结果表明,DHR-200池式堆具有很好的负温度反应性反馈效应,即SBO-ATWS事故后,由于燃料和冷却剂温度升高,引入负反应性,可使反应堆实现热停堆;事故后,通过非能动方式开启自然循环瓣阀,可建立稳定的自然循环,将堆芯衰变热导出至堆水池内,验证了DHR-200池式堆的固有安全性。     

Development of TSAC1.0 and application to reactivity insertion accident of CARR

In this study, we have developed a thermo-hydraulic and safety analysis code named TSAC1.0 with Visual Fortran 6.5 to analyze the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of the China advanced research reactor (CARR) under reactivity insertion accident (RIA) which was induced by unexpected control rod withdrawal in full power condition. The neutron kinetic model depended on the point kinetics with six groups of delayed neutrons including reactivity feedback effects and it was adopted for the solution of reactor power. Furthermore, a new simple and convenient model was adopted for the solution of the transient behaviors of main pump instead of the complicated four-quadrant model. Visual input, real-time processing and dynamic visualization output were achieved using Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003 to make the application of TSAC1.0 much more convenient in the engineering. The simulated results of TSAC1.0 were found to be in reasonable agreement with those of RELAP5/MOD3 and showed that the parameters, including the peak coolant temperature, the peak heat structure temperature, and MDNBR, were in the acceptable range of design safety limit under RIA.     

Analysis of SBO-ATWS Accident and Natural Circulation Capacity of DHR-200 Pool Type Low Temperature Heating Reactor

DHR-200 Pool Type Low Temperature Heating Reactor (DHR-200) was designed with natural circulation flap valve. In order to examine the safety of the DHR-200, the RELAP5 code was used to analyze the transient thermal-hydraulic characteristics and the natural circulation capacity under the station blackout anticipated transient without scram (SBO-ATWS). The results show that DHR-200 has enough negative temperature reactivity feedback effect. With the rising of the temperatures of the fuel and the coolant, finally the reactor can be shut down by the effect of the negative temperature reactivity feedback effect. After the accident, the natural circulation flap valve will be opened by passive means to establish a stable natural circulation, and then the residual heat of the core can be removed to pool of the reactor. Therefore, it is demonstrated that the DHR-200 has good inherent safety features.     

摇摆条件下海上浮动堆全厂断电事故分析

为研究海洋条件对海上浮动堆全厂断电事故后的事故进程及非能动安全系统运行特性的影响,通过建立海洋条件加速度场模型,基于RELAP5程序开发获得了适用于海上浮动堆的系统分析程序,并对程序进行了实验验证。利用所开发的程序通过建立双环路海上浮动堆及二次侧非能动余热排出系统的计算模型,开展了不同摇摆运动参数下海上浮动堆全厂断电事故的计算分析。计算结果表明,船体的横摇运动可加快全厂断电事故后浮动堆系统压力和温度的下降速度,堆芯余热能够被二次侧非能动余热排出系统有效导出;但横摇运动会造成事故后堆芯自然循环流量的显著降低,引起一回路系统和非能动余热排出系统中自然循环流量的大幅度振荡及周期性倒流。本文计算结果可为海上浮动堆非能动安全系统的设计提供参考。     

Exact Solutions of Two Point Time Correlations on Point Reactor Kinetics with Gaussian Reactivity Fluctuations

Station blackout is reported to be a sequence that would likely be a significant contributor to the accident risk at a boiling water reactor (BWR). The occurrence frequency of station blackout is evaluated in probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) to be 6×10^?6 per reactor year at Limerick and less than 10^?7 per reactor year at BWR in Japan.

This report describes an analytical study of thermal-hydraulic and radionuclide behavior during a postulated severe accident of station blackout at a reference BWR plant. The analytical approach was shown in both of hand calculation and the THALES/ART code calculation to better understand wide physical and chemical phenomena in the processes of severe accidents.

We evaluated timing of key events, core cooling and core temperature, reactor vessel failure, debris temperature, containment pressure, and release and deposition of radionuclide in the containment. The THALES and CORCON models on the chemical reactions in the core-concrete interaction lead to great differences in the increasing rate of containment pressure and the release rate of fission products from the core debris.     

Estimation of temperature-induced reactor coolant system and steam generator tube creep rupture probability under high-pressure severe accident conditions

A severe accident has inherently significant uncertainties due to the complex phenomena and wide range of conditions. Because of its high temperature and pressure, performing experimental validation and practical application are extremely difficult. With these difficulties, there has been few experimental researches performed and there is no plant-specific experimental data. Instead, computer codes have been developed to simulate the accident and have been used conservative assumptions and margins. This study is an effort to reduce the uncertainty in the probabilistic safety assessment and produce a realistic and physical-based failure probability. The methodology was developed and applied to the OPR1000. The creep rupture failure probabilities of reactor coolant system (RCS) components were evaluated under a station blackout severe accident with all powers lost and no recovery of steam generator auxiliary feed-water. The MELCOR 1.8.6 code was used to obtain the plant-specific pressure and temperature history of each part of the RCS and the creep rupture failure times were calculated by the rate-dependent creep rupture model with the plant-specific data.     

中国先进研究堆矩形通道流场数值计算分析

通过SIMPLE数值方法,编制程序,对中国先进研究堆(CARR)全流道进行流场数值模拟.采用对CARR的单个冷却剂通道进行单相水的数值传热计算,并递增地改变流道入口流速,计算获得与入口流速对应的流道速度场与温度场分布,展现其变化规律,分析入口流速对流道热工水力参数分布的影响.采用所编制的程序,对板式燃料组件构成的窄矩形通道进行数值模拟,由此来确定热工水力设计需要的一些反应堆安全参数.这些安全参数为反应堆事故监测系统提供必要的热工过程状态信息,也为CARR提供必要的数据参考.     

CARR保护系统设计

中国先进研究堆(CARR)保护系统采用数字化技术,执行反应堆的安全保护功能,包括反应堆保护和事故后监测两个子系统。本文介绍了CARR保护系统的设计以及技术特点,所采用的技术方案适合于CARR的工程应用,并达到保护系统所要求的系统可靠性和可用性。     

FHR在全厂断电事故下对RVACS散热能力的要求

氟盐冷却高温堆(Fluoride salt-cooled High-temperature Reactor,FHR)是一种采用包覆颗粒燃料、高温熔融氟盐冷却剂的先进反应堆。部分FHR概念采用了反应堆容器辅助冷却系统(Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System,RVACS)导出事故下的堆芯余热。RVACS通过导热、对流换热、辐射换热等非能动过程,在事故发生时将堆芯余热排出至大气中。本文采用中国科学院上海应用物理研究所设计的10 MW FHR作为基准,利用RELAP5-MS程序,对其在全厂断电事故下的瞬态过程进行了模拟,验证了RVACS的余热导出能力。本文进一步研究了高反应堆功率情况下的全厂断电事故的瞬态过程,探讨了不同反应堆功率的FHR对RVACS散热能力的要求。     

49-2泳池堆低温供热全厂断电ATWS事故分析

针对49-2泳池式反应堆（简称49-2泳池堆）用于城市低温供热的工况,选取典型的全厂断电叠加紧急停堆系统失效(全厂断电ATWS)的超设计基准事故,使用RELAP5/MOD3.2程序对其热工水力参数瞬态特性进行分析。结果显示,49-2泳池堆具有很好的负温度反馈效应,事故后,由于燃料和冷却剂温度升高,从而引入一定的负反应性,使反应堆处于次临界状态;同时堆芯通过与堆水池建立自然循环,将衰变热带出,最终依靠自然循环方式将堆芯余热排出至上部大气环境热阱,验证了49-2泳池堆用于城市低温供热的固有安全性。     

49-2游泳池式反应堆全场断电事故与自然循环能力分析

在全场断电事故下,采用RELAP5/MOD3.3程序对49-2游泳池式反应堆系统热工水力参数瞬态特性进行计算分析,验证反应堆利用自然循环和自身负反应性对事故的缓解能力,并简要讨论了堆芯通道和主泵惰转对事故后果及进程的影响。计算结果表明,在49-2反应堆发生全场断电事故且紧急停堆系统失效后,反应堆可依靠自身的负反应性使反应堆处于停堆状态,并能形成稳定的自然循环,导出堆芯余热,验证了49-2反应堆在全场断电超设计基准事故中是安全的。     

M310核电站非能动安全改进措施研究

本文利用MELCOR1.8.5程序建立了典型的M310核电站的严重事故模型,基于该模型设计了多种非能动的缓解措施,针对由全厂断电诱发的严重事故,模拟研究了这些非能动安全措施的缓解效果。研究结果表明:在全厂断电事故下,堆芯补水箱系统、堆腔注水系统、非能动余热排出系统均能有效地投入使用,并显著地延缓事故的发展,将核电站稳定在一个安全的状态,为人工干预赢得更多时间。     

中国先进研究堆严重事故辐射后果研究

针对高功率研究堆建在大城市远郊区的特殊情况，提出了中国先进研究堆（CARR）严重事故辐射后果的验收准则。为进行CARR严重事故排放方案的设计，研究了不同事故排放方案下，CARR发生严重事故时的环境辐射后果。最终推荐提高反应堆大厅密封性并优化事故后密闭与排风组合排放方案，实现了CARR工程无场外应急的安全设计目标。     

先进堆非能动余热排出系统应对全厂断电事故的能力分析

采用RELAP5/MOD程序对先进堆全厂断电事故进行分析计算,论证非能动余热排出系统对事故的缓解能力.分析表明,先进堆在发生全厂断电事故后,完全能够依靠非能动余热排出系统导出堆芯余热,保证反应堆的安全;先进堆非能动余热排出系统的设计总体上是成功的.