热管冷却双模式空间堆堆芯瞬态安全特性分析

为研究热管冷却双模式空间堆(HP-BSNR)概念设计的可行性和推进模式下堆芯瞬态安全特性,本文基于堆芯结构和稳态程序计算的初始参数分布,建立了堆芯数学物理模型,并开发了适用于HP-BSNR的瞬态安全分析程序TTHA_HPBSNR,计算了HP-BSNR在推进模式下反应性引入和堆芯失流等不同瞬态事故工况下的安全特性,同时分析了反应堆关键参数对HP-BSNR堆芯瞬态安全特性的影响。结果表明,由于堆芯固有负反馈机制的作用,发生反应性引入事故时,堆芯功率最终达到一新的稳定值,且燃料最高温度并未超出安全限值。而发生失流事故时,反应堆能实现自动停堆,且负反馈系数的大小决定了自动停堆的响应时间。相较于反应性引入事故,失流事故对HP-BSNR的安全运行威胁更大。     

小型铅铋冷却快堆瞬态安全分析

本文基于多通道热工模型与功率计算模型,在快堆分析程序SARAX的基础上开发了可用于分析小型铅铋冷却快堆在无保护超功率事故、无保护失流事故及无保护失热阱事故发生时瞬态安全特性的计算功能,并利用该程序计算了在不同事故情况下,堆芯反应性、功率以及热工参数随时间的变化,分析评价了堆芯的中子学和热工水力学性能。结果表明所设计的堆芯在发生事故时具有固有安全特性。     

脉冲反应堆脉冲运行瞬态的子通道分析

为获得脉冲运行瞬态的堆芯温度场变化情况,本文开发了适用于低温、常压工况的脉冲反应堆瞬态热工分析子通道程序PRC-STAC。利用TRIGA MARKⅡ反应堆的瞬态参数对程序进行了验证,验证结果表明,二者符合较好。利用PRC-STAC程序计算了西安脉冲堆燃料元件和堆芯冷却剂的瞬态热工参数,并讨论了脉冲运行对燃料元件的安全影响。     

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。     

1GW固态燃料熔盐堆运行瞬态分析

钍基熔盐堆(Thorium-based Molten Salt Reactor,TMSR)作为一种新的堆型,具有独特的安全与运行特性。研究其热工水力特性,对其进行瞬态分析,将有助于深刻理解该反应堆。本文介绍了1 GW固态熔盐堆的堆芯设计方案,并描述了用于瞬态分析的详细程序结构。其中,利用RELAP5对其热工水力模型进行模拟;利用Simulink对其控制系统模型进行模拟。通过预期运行瞬态,例如功率降低、堆芯反应性引入、二回路温度变化等工况显示了其运行特性,并验证了控制系统可以使反应堆达到安全稳定状态,而不触发保护系统动作。     

CSR1000控制棒落入堆芯三维瞬态分析

针对超临界水堆(SCWR)控制棒落入堆芯事件特点,采用堆芯三维瞬态性能分析方法,利用开发的SCWR堆芯三维瞬态物理-热工水力耦合程序STTA,建立SCWR堆芯落棒瞬态三维计算模型和分析流程,研究分析超临界水堆CSR1000在控制棒落入堆芯瞬态过程中的堆芯性能,分析评价落棒瞬态下CSR1000堆芯的安全性能。堆芯三维落棒瞬态分析表明,当落入堆芯棒束价值较高时,落棒初期堆芯功率下降较快,之后由于水密度的反应性反馈,堆芯功率缓慢回升至新的平衡,堆芯功率下降速率超过了停堆信号整定值,将触发保护停堆;当落入堆芯棒束价值较低时,由于水密度的反应性反馈,堆芯功率下降缓慢,堆芯功率下降速率未能达到停堆信号整定值,不能触发保护停堆。控制棒落入堆芯对堆芯轴向功率分布影响很小,高价值落棒导致的落棒区域燃料组件功率坍塌相对低价值落棒更明显。无论是高价值落棒还是低价值落棒,瞬态过程中最大包壳壁面温度均低于瞬态安全限值850℃。水密度的显著反应性反馈及必要的保护停堆措施能保证CSR1000堆芯在控制棒落入堆芯过程中的安全性能。     

西安脉冲堆额定功率运行考验和氙毒测量

介绍了西安脉冲反应堆（XAPR）稳态堆芯2MW额定功率72h连续运行考验的概况，给出了额定满功率运行条件下，堆厂房环境辐射剂量水平、平衡氙毒和碘坑反应性深度等测量结果。试验表明，XAPR本体及各工艺系统运行正常，综合性能达到设计要求，且芯体温度有较大的热工安全裕度。     

钠冷快堆停堆保护方案研究

在借鉴中国实验快堆（CEFR）热工模型建模经验的基础上,利用Relap5程序建立霞浦示范快堆（CFR）的主要系统模型,并参考快堆安全分析中的预期瞬态无停堆保护（ATWS）的分析方法,对发生反应性意外引入事故时的安全裕度和停堆保护进行仿真研究。仿真结果表明,额定功率下发生反应性引入时,不会触发短周期的报警和停堆;当发生补偿棒失控提升5 s和10 s时的反应性意外引入事故,目前一回路保护参数整定值、信号测量延迟及安全棒落棒时间可以取其他值;当补偿棒失控提升15 s时,在目前的设计下,核功率和功率流量比信号能确保事故下的反应堆状态符合事故验收准则。当其他保护信号失效,堆芯出口钠温所触发的停堆保护若要实现同样的功能,则需保证反应堆在14.85 s之前进入深度次临界。      

液态金属冷却快堆子通道分析软件SACOS-LMR研发与工程应用

子通道分析方法是反应堆堆芯设计和热工水力分析的重要手段之一,对于我国提出的压水堆-快堆-聚变堆三步走核能发展战略,开发适用于液态金属冷却快堆热工安全分析的子通道分析程序具有重要意义。本文基于西安交通大学热工水力研究室自主开发的压水堆子通道程序SACOS,通过添加液态金属快堆特有的模型,如绕丝模型、盒间流模型、液态金属对流换热模型等,扩展至适用于液态金属快堆的子通道分析程序SACOS-LMR,该程序具备对液态金属快堆组件开展稳态和瞬态热工水力分析的功能。结合卡尔斯鲁厄开展的37棒钠冷瞬态实验,完成了SACOS-LMR程序的瞬态功能验证。基于验证后的SACOS-LMR程序,对欧洲铅冷快堆(ALFRED)堆芯开展了稳态工况和瞬态事故工况下的热工安全特性分析,计算结果合理,且与同类程序保持一致,表明SACOS-LMR程序可用于液态金属快堆的堆芯设计和热工水力分析研究。     

脉冲堆热工水力设计程序研制开发

介绍了中国核动力研究设计院自主开发的脉冲堆热工水力设计程序系统。它包括脉冲堆自然循环分析程序（MC－FLOW）、堆芯热工水力分析程序（MC－THAS）和脉冲堆瞬态分析程序（MC－TRAN）。采用原型堆的数据对程序进行验证，其结果表明：脉冲堆热工水力设计程序系统满足热工水力设计的要求，能够可靠地用于西安脉冲堆的设计。     

Transient Safety Characteristic Analysis of Xi’an Pulsed Reactor during Reactivity Insertion Accident

In order to study the transient safety characteristics of Xi’an Pulsed Reactor (XAPR) when unexpected reactivity insertion accident happened and shutdown system failed, the main mathematical models were established based on the specific core structure and operation conditions of XAPR. Meanwhile, a transient thermal-hydraulic code called TSAC-XAPR was developed to analyze the safety characteristics of XAPR. The TSAC-XAPR code was then used to simulate the reactivity insertion accident of XAPR. The calculation results indicate that when XAPR operating under rated power, reactor can reach a new steady state for reactivity insertion accident, depending on its inherent feedback mechanism. When XAPR operating under high power, especially above the critical power, key thermal-hydraulic parameters of reactor will tend to oscillate and can’t reach a steady state again for reactivity insertion accident. Besides, it is also found that different reactivity insertion modes will only affect the variation trend during the phase of reactivity insertion instead of the final value at steady state.     

微型中子源反应堆热工水力安全分析

微型中子源反应堆（简称微堆）是一种典型的罐池式反应堆,采用自然对流循环冷却。为研究微堆的安全性,对其额定功率运行以及事故工况下的瞬态热工水力特性进行了模拟。针对额定功率运行工况,采用CFD软件进行瞬态热工水力三维数值模拟,同时采用RELAP5程序进行一维计算,二者计算结果相符,表明了计算结果的正确性及额定功率工况的安全性。采用RELAP5程序对反应性引入事故进行了计算,计算结果进一步印证了微堆的自稳特性和固有安全性。     

Development of a thermal-hydraulic analysis software for the Chinese advanced pressurized water reactor

A point reactor neutron kinetics model, a drift-flow U-tube steam generator model, a non-equilibrium three-region pressurizer model and other models were established and a transient analysis code with Visual Fortran 6.5 has been developed to analyze the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of the Chinese advanced pressurized water reactor (AC-600). Visual input, real-time processing and dynamic visualization output were achieved with Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003, which greatly facilitate applications in the engineering. The software were applied to analyze the transient thermal-hydraulic characteristics of the loss of feed-water accident, the double loops loss-of-flow accident, the reactivity insertion accident, the sudden increase of feed-water temperature accident and the loss of offsite power accident for the Qinshan nuclear power plant in China. The obtained analysis results are significant to the improvement of design and safety operation of the plant.     

Safety analysis of reactivity insertion accidents in a heavy water nuclear research reactor core using coupled 3D neutron kinetics thermal-hydraulic system code technique

Nuclear power plant Safety analysis using coupled 3D neutron kinetics/thermal-hydraulic codes technique is increasingly used nowadays. Actually, the use of this technique allows getting less conservatism and more realistic simulations of the physical phenomena. The challenge today is oriented toward the application of this technique to the operating conditions of nuclear research reactors. In the current study, a three-Dimensional Neutron Kinetics and best estimate Thermal-Hydraulic model based upon the coupled PARCS/RELAP5 codes has been developed and applied for a heavy water research reactor. The objective is to perform safety analysis related to design accidents of this reactor types. In the current study two positive reactivity insertion transients are considered, SCRAM protected and self-limiting power excursion cases. The results of the steady state calculations were compared with results obtained from conventional diffusion codes, while transient calculations were assessed using the point kinetic model of the RELAP5 code. Through this study, the applicability and the suitability of using the coupled code technique with respect to the classical models are emphasized and discussed.     

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.     

Features and performance of a coupled three-dimensional thermal-hydraulic/kinetics TRAC-PF1/NEM pressurized water reactor (PWR) analysis code

This paper summarizes the current status of the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) version of the coupled three-dimensional (3-D) thermal-hydraulic/kinetics TRAC-PF1/NEM code for pressurized water reactor (PWR) transient and accident analysis and describes applications to reactivity insertion accident (RIA) simulations as well as recent developments. The TRAC-PF1/NEM methodology utilizes closely coupled 3-D thermal-hydraulics and 3-D core neutronics transient models to simulate the vessel and a 1-D simulation of the primary system. An efficient and flexible cross-section generation procedure was developed and implemented into TRAC-PF1/NEM. These features make the coupled code capable of modeling PWR reactivity transients, including boron dilution transients, in a reasonable amount of computer time. Three-dimensional studies on hot zero power (HZP) rod ejection and main steam line break (MSLB) transients in a PWR, as well as a large break loss-of-coolant-accident (LBLOCA) and boron dilution transients, were accomplished using TRAC-PF1/NEM. The results obtained demonstrate that this code is appropriate for analysis of the space-dependent neutronics and thermal-hydraulic coupled phenomena related to most current safety issues.     

Thermal-hydraulic behavior of the NUR nuclear research reactor during a fast loss of flow transient

Nuclear safety analysis remains of crucial importance for both the design and the operation of nuclear reactors. Safety analysis usually entails the simulation of several selected postulated accidents, which can be divided into two main categories, namely reactivity insertion accident (RIA) and loss of flow accident (LOFA). In this paper, thermal-hydraulic simulations of fast LOFA accident were carried out on the new core configuration of the material test research reactor NUR. For this purpose, the nuclear reactor analysis PARET code was used to determine the reactor performance by calculating the reactor power, the reactivity and the temperatures of different components (fuel, clad and coolant) as a function of time. It was observed that during the transient the maximum clad temperature remained well below the critical temperature limit of 110 °C, and the maximum coolant temperature did not exceed the onset of nucleate boiling point of 120 °C. It is concluded that the reactor can be operated at full power level with sufficient safety margins with regard to such kind of transients.     

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。     

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.