基于人工神经网络的压水堆燃料破损状态监测

为提升对核反应堆燃料棒包壳破损的预测能力,建立两个串联的人工神经网络分别判断燃料棒包壳是否破损以及破损程度。通过改变沾污铀质量、增加数据扰动、改变运行功率和使用更少的特征核素进行训练,对用于判断是否破损的神经网络模型和判断破损等级的神经网络进行了性能测试和分析。在沾污铀质量小于0.5 g、数据扰动在30%以内、单棒功率在77 kW到120 kW之间的条件下,第1个人工神经网络能较好地判断出是否破损。第2个神经网络,对于考虑的5种破损程度,判断的精确性较高。与传统的碘同位素比值法相比,神经网络方法响应更快,精度更高。结果表明,人工神经网络可用于预测反应堆燃料包壳是否发生破损以及破损程度。     

压水堆核电厂燃料包壳破损诊断方法研究和改进

分析了国内外压水堆核电厂燃料包壳破损诊断方法以及存在的问题，从燃料棒破损数量、破损尺寸和燃耗3个方面对压水堆核电厂燃料包壳破损的诊断方法进行了改进，并对可能影响诊断结果的因素进行了探讨。应用我国在役核电厂实际的运行数据对诊断方法进行了验证，结果表明，改进后的燃料包壳破损诊断方法可准确地诊断燃料包壳破损情况，且有更广泛的适用性。      

燃料破损在线系统计算机监控系统硬件的安装和调试

中国实验快堆燃料破损在线系统的计算机监控系统是快堆控制系统的组成部分，系统通过监测反应堆气腔内裂变产物比活度的变化，判断在反应堆活性区是否存在燃料棒包壳破损，并按给定的报警阈值在控制室发出声光报警信号。     

UO2-不锈钢燃料棒的光纤激光切割研究

为验证光纤激光用于燃料组件解体和燃料棒切割的可行性,研究光纤激光用于热物性差别很大的UO2芯块 不锈钢包壳管复合结构的切割和铀芯块的切割质量,本文采用光纤激光切割UO2芯块 316Ti包壳管元件棒,并通过扫描电子显微镜、能谱和X射线衍射对UO2芯块的切断面进行微观表征分析,研究激光切割过程对铀芯块切断的表面微观形貌、元素组成及物相的影响。研究结果表明,光纤激光可用于切割UO2芯块 316Ti包壳管元件棒,激光切割过程虽会造成铀芯块切断面出现大量微孔和碎渣,但不会造成UO2的相变。以上结果表明,光纤激光可用于UO2芯块 316Ti包壳管元件棒的切割,通过后续对激光切割系统的抗辐射屏蔽防护,可应用于乏燃料组件解体和乏燃料棒切割。     

燃料棒破损热力学模块开发及在严重事故分析程序中的应用

包壳肿胀和破损是严重事故早期阶段的重要现象。包壳形变不仅会造成局部流动堵塞,同时,水蒸气会从破裂处进入包壳气隙,增加包壳被蒸汽氧化的表面积。广泛使用的一体化严重事故分析程序不能分析早期事故过程中燃料棒的热力学行为,判断包壳破裂也只是基于简单的参数模型。本文开发了分析燃料棒热力学行为的FRTMB模块,并集成在严重事故分析程序ISAA中。使用开发的耦合系统ISAA FRTMB分析了CAP1400反应堆直接注射（DVI）管线小破口事故过程中燃料棒的热力学行为,并预计了包壳破裂时间及相应的失效温度。计算结果整体验证了ISAA FRTMB分析瞬态事故过程中燃料棒热力学行为以及判断包壳破裂的适用性和可靠性。     

燃料棒破损热力学模块开发及在严重事故分析程序中的应用

包壳肿胀和破损是严重事故早期阶段的重要现象。包壳形变不仅会造成局部流动堵塞,同时,水蒸气会从破裂处进入包壳气隙,增加包壳被蒸汽氧化的表面积。广泛使用的一体化严重事故分析程序不能分析早期事故过程中燃料棒的热力学行为,判断包壳破裂也只是基于简单的参数模型。本文开发了分析燃料棒热力学行为的FRTMB模块,并集成在严重事故分析程序ISAA中。使用开发的耦合系统ISAA-FRTMB分析了CAP1400反应堆直接注射(DVI)管线小破口事故过程中燃料棒的热力学行为,并预计了包壳破裂时间及相应的失效温度。计算结果整体验证了ISAA-FRTMB分析瞬态事故过程中燃料棒热力学行为以及判断包壳破裂的适用性和可靠性。     

压水堆燃料棒包壳微振磨损计算方法

采用Archard磨损公式作为压水堆燃料棒包壳的磨损理论模型,预测燃料棒包壳与格架之间的微振磨损,其中关键的物理量是磨损系数、燃料棒与格架之间的接触力以及滑动距离。磨损系数一般通过试验确定。随着燃耗加深,燃料棒与格架之间的接触力是时变函数,燃料棒夹持力随燃耗的变化曲线可采用试验或经验公式确定。由格架刚凸的刚度、包壳与格架的接触力以及它们之间的摩擦系数确定滑动阈值,将最大湍流激励的振动响应与滑动阈值进行比较,确定燃料棒包壳相对于格架是否存在滑动,计算燃料棒包壳在微小时间间隔内的滑移距离。几个物理量确定后,对磨损公式时间积分得到燃料棒包壳的微振磨损量。根据圆柱和表面的磨损几何关系,理论推导磨损量与磨损深度的关系,确定磨损深度,将磨损深度与相关准则进行比较,评估燃料棒包壳是否满足机械完整性的要求。     

使用离散钍铀燃料组件的CANDU6堆物理特性初步研究

为研究钍铀燃料在CANDU6堆中的应用,采用DRAGON/DONJON程序,对使用离散型钍铀燃料37棒束组件的CANDU6堆进行时均堆芯分析。结果表明,组件采用235U富集度为2.5%的铀棒以及第1、2、3圈布置钍棒的37棒束组件,堆芯在8棒束换料、3个燃耗分区的方案下,组件的冷却剂空泡反应性较使用天然铀的37棒束组件（NU-37组件）与采用混合钍铀元件棒的37棒束组件更负;堆芯最大时均通道/棒束功率满足小于6700?kW/860?kW的限值;燃料转化能力比采用NU-37组件时更高;卸料燃耗可到达13400?MW·d/t(U)。研究表明,所设计的离散型钍铀燃料37棒束组件可用于现有CANDU6堆芯,且无需对堆芯结构及控制机构作重大改造;燃料组件和堆芯设计方案可为钍铀燃料在CANDU6堆芯的应用提供参考。      

离线啜吸装置在燃料检测中的应用

辐照后的燃料包壳出现破损时,裂变产物(可溶性固体、气体)释放将增加包壳外部环境介质的放射性活度,通过检测环境介质的放射性活度变化趋势可实现对燃料组件破损程度的定量检测。论文介绍了利用离线啜吸法测量133Xe的释放动力学曲线,根据此动力学曲线定量判断破损燃料组件破口的当量直径,并对燃料组件包壳完整性进行评价。     

压水堆核电厂一回路冷却剂系统中锕系核素质量评估方法研究

为评估压水堆核电厂燃料包壳破损时的工作人员辐射风险和燃料包壳破损程度,基于特征物理量建立一回路冷却剂系统中锕系核素质量评估方法。本文基于锕系核素的生成和迁移机理,建立了一回路冷却剂系统中锕系核素的平衡方程组,并选取3种易监测的特征物理量用以评估锕系核素向一回路冷却剂系统的释放量及其分布,并建立了一回路冷却剂系统中锕系核素质量的评估方法。然后分别采用国内在役压水堆核电厂无燃料包壳破损和有燃料包壳破损的实测数据对建立的评估方法进行了验证,验证结果表明：建立的评估方法可在无燃料包壳破损和有燃料包壳破损的情况下对一回路冷却剂系统中锕系核素质量进行评估,评估结果和预期符合。本文研究成果可为压水堆核电厂运行期间一回路冷却剂系统中锕系核素质量及其分布评估提供指导,从而优化后端的工作人员防护措施,降低辐射风险。     

Thermal-hydraulic and safety aspects of UO2 fuel for low-power reactors

The low enriched uranium UO₂ (about 19.75% U²³⁵) fuel is proposed to be used in low-power research reactors. The thermal-hydraulic and dynamic characteristics are examined in this paper. The fuel behaves similarly to the actual highly enriched uranium fuel in the normal daily operation for both Miniature Neutron Source Reactors and SLOWPOKEs, the cladding temperature reaching about 60 °C. During the simulation of a design basis accident the reactor power peak and temperatures are found to be higher than in the case of the highly enriched uranium fuel for MNSRs, the power peak touching 135 kW, and the cladding temperature reaching over 110 °C in this case. Nevertheless the fuel can be safely used in these reactors.     

中国实验快堆热工参数的自适应BP神经网络预测方法研究

中国实验快堆（CEFR）堆芯的热工参数是否超出限值是评价反应堆安全运行的标准。本文针对燃料包壳最高温度预测问题,通过堆芯子通道分析程序COBRA生成数据样本后,开发基于BP神经网络自适应算法的智能预测程序,对于特定的单盒组件,仅需给出堆芯进口功率和流量,即可实现燃料包壳最高温度的快速准确预测。结果表明,与COBRA相比,在大规模重复性计算的场景下,自开发程序能节约大量计算时间和算力,提高燃料包壳设计和CEFR运行时的操作效率。实验分析得出BP神经网络方法的最大相对误差不超过6%,平均预测相对误差不超过3%,计算效率提升至原程序的300倍,网络模型的预测精度高,且易推广至实验快堆其他参数预测,具有很大的应用前景。     

基于不确定性与敏感性分析的FA300燃料棒燃耗限值研究

燃耗限值对于燃料棒的安全使用和设计改进均有重要意义,而FA300燃料棒的燃耗限值尚未有系统研究。不确定性与敏感性分析方法是燃耗限值研究的基础,工程上常用的极值分析法、蒙特卡罗法等均难以全面反映燃料棒性能分析中的不确定性与敏感性。本工作采用基于人工神经网络的响应面方法,对相应数学模型进行显式重构,在响应面上进行抽样统计获得不确定性信息;而对于特定形式的人工神经网络,通过简单的代数运算获得敏感性信息。基于这一方法的研究表明,FA300燃料棒的极限准则为包壳腐蚀及包壳应变。结合秦山一期加深燃耗组件随堆考验的检测结果,以及国际上相关使用经验,从燃料性能分析的角度给出FA300燃料棒的燃耗限值为55 000 MW•d/tU。     

Research on Adaptive BP Neural Network Prediction Method for Thermal Parameters of China Experimental Fast Reactor

Whether the thermal-hydraulic parameters of China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) core exceed the limit is the standard for evaluating the safe operation of the reactor. For the maximum temperature prediction problem of fuel cladding, after generating the data samples by the core sub-channel analysis code COBRA, an intelligent prediction code based on adaptive BP neural network algorithm was developed in the paper. For a specific single-box component, only the core inlet power and mass flow rate were required to achieve fast and accurate prediction of the fuel cladding maximum temperature. Compared with COBRA, in the scenario of large-scale repetitive calculation, self development code can save a lot of calculation time and rescource, and improve the operating efficiency of fuel cladding design and CEFR operation. The experimental analysis shows that the maximum relative error of BP neural network method is less than 6%, the average prediction relative error is less than 3%, and the calculation efficiency is improved to 300 times of the original code. So the prediction accuracy of the network model is high, and self development code is easy to apply to other parameter predictions of the experimental fast reactor.     

原型微堆低浓化初步研究

利用蒙特卡罗计算程序,对高浓铀为燃料的原型微堆的有效增殖因数、控制棒价值、上铍反射层价值以及辐照座内的中子注量率等参数进行了计算。将计算值与实验结果进行了比较,两者基本相符。在原型微堆堆芯尺寸保持不变的情况下,将堆芯燃料元件芯体用富集度为12.5%UO₂替换UAl和用锆包壳替换铝包壳,对堆芯燃料低浓化方案进行了计算,给出了方案的计算结果。并利用RELAP5程序计算了原型微堆低浓铀堆芯阶跃引入4.0 mk反应性情况下反应堆的相关参数。     

Oxide thickness-dependent transient cladding hoop stress

A few thrice-burned Zry-4 fuel assemblies which were loaded in one of the PWRs operating in Korea were found to be failed due to PCI during a power ramp following a rector trip, while thrice-burned Zr–Nb fuel assemblies and twice-burned Zry-4 ones were intact. To investigate the effect of fuel rod oxide thickness on power ramp-induced cladding hoop stress, three intact fuel rods were selected, which include an intact twice-burned Zry-4 fuel rod, an intact thrice-burned Zr-4 fuel rod and an intact thrice-burned Zr–Nb fuel rod. With the use of a fuel performance analysis code, burnup-dependent steady-state cladding stress and ramp power-dependent cladding stresses at the power-ramped burnup were predicted for the three intact fuel rods. It was found that the cladding oxide thickness has a considerable effect on the ramp power-dependent cladding hoop stresses. In addition, the cladding maximum stress of the thrice-burned Zry-4 fuel rod with 125 μm oxide thickness exceeded an ultimate cladding tensile strength of the Zry-4 cladding when the pellet–clad friction coefficient-dependent cladding stress concentration ratio was considered. However, the thrice-burned Zr–Nb fuel rod with 50 μm oxide thickness was evaluated to have a considerable margin against the power ramp-induced PCI failure.     

基于HFETR的快堆燃料短棒辐照试验方案设计与分析

综合考虑辐照试验指标与燃料试验安全、高通量工程试验堆（HFETR）运行要求、试验段压差波动等因素,基于HFETR开展了快堆燃料短棒辐照试验方案设计与分析,确定了铅铋合金层厚度、冷却水流道结构、阻力塞结构、冷却水流量等关键参数,获得了热棒包壳最高温度为(490±60)℃的高线功率密度辐照试验方案。试验结果表明,热棒最大线功率密度为68~85 kW/m时,包壳与燃料芯体温度满足辐照试验要求且留有余量;在200~300 kPa堆芯压差范围内,相同压差下试验段流量的计算流体力学（CFX）计算值比试验值偏小9% ~11%;试验段外侧窄缝流道的流量份额为7.3%,显著低于该流道的流通面积份额,满足线功率密度为85 kW/m时燃料短棒的冷却要求。本文提出的辐照试验方案可为快堆燃料棒的高线功率密度辐照试验提供参考。      

Buckling of fuel rods under inertia loading

Abstract

The buckling analysis of fuel rods during an end drop impact of a spent fuel transportation cask has traditionally been performed to demonstrate the structural integrity of the fuel rod cladding or the integrity of the fuel geometry in criticality evaluations for a cask drop event. The actual calculation of the fuel rod buckling load, however, has been the subject of some controversy, with estimates of the critical buckling load differing by as much as a factor of 5. Typically, in the buckling analysis of a fuel rod, assumptions are made regarding the percentage of fuel mass that is bonded to or that participates with the cladding during the buckling process, with estimates ranging from 0 to 100%. The greater the percentage of fuel mass that is assumed to be bonded to the cladding, the higher the inertia loads on the cladding, and, therefore, the lower the 'g' value at which buckling occurs. However, these solutions do not consider displacement compatibility between the fuel and the cladding during the buckling process. By invoking displacement compatibility between the fuel column and the cladding column, this paper presents an exact solution for the buckling of fuel rods under inertia loading. The results show that the critical inertia load magnitude for the buckling of a fuel rod depends on the weight of the cladding and the total weight of the fuel, regardless of the percentage of fuel mass that is assumed to be attached to or participate with the cladding in the buckling process. Therefore, 100% of the fuel always participates in the buckling of a fuel rod under inertia loading.     

Determination of stress within ZIRCALOY cladding due to pellet-cladding interaction

A precise calculation of the stress distribution within the Zircaloy cladding of a water-cooled reactor fuel rod subjected to a power increase is a complex problem which, in general, requires a computer code to integrate the behaviour of both the fuel and cladding. This paper develops a simplified model which decouples the clad and fuel pellet analyses, by considering two extremes of fuel pellet mechanical behaviour, which lead to two widely different boundary conditions at the pellet-clad interface. An axisymmetric fuel rod code can be used to give the mean cladding hoop strain imposed by the thermal expansion of the pellet, and when the interfacial friction coefficient is 0.5, this information along with the frictional boundary condition can be used to determine the stress distribution within the cladding near a fuel pellet crack. Results from this simplified approach, which does not involve an integrated code, are used to study the growth of stress corrosion cracks within the cladding.