Evaluation of a Sodium-Water Reaction Event Caused by Steam Generator Tubes Break in the Prototype Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor
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- 作者：Sang June Ahn ; enginasj@kaeri.re.kr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Kwi-Seok Ha ; Won-Pyo Chang ; Seok Hun Kang ; Kwi Lim Lee ; Chi-Woong Choi ; Seung Won Lee ; Jin Yoo ; Jae-Ho Jeong ; Taekyeong Jeong
- 关键词：Multidimensional Analysis of Reactor Safety-Liquid Metal Reactor ; Prototype Generation IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor ; Sodium&ndash ; Water Advanced Analysis Method-II ; Sodium&ndash ; Water Reaction
- 刊名：Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：48
- 期：4
- 页码：952-964
- 全文大小：2387 K
文摘
The prototype generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor (PGSFR) has been developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. This reactor uses sodium as a reactor coolant to transfer the core heat energy to the turbine. Sodium has chemical characteristics that allow it to violently react with materials such as a water or steam. When a sodium–water reaction (SWR) occurs due to leakage or breakage of steam generator tubes, high-pressure waves and corrosive reaction products are produced, which threaten the structural integrity of the components of the intermediate heat-transfer system (IHTS) and the safety of the primary heat-transfer system (PHTS). In the PGSFR, SWR events are included in the design-basis event. This event should be analyzed from the viewpoint of the integrities of the IHTS and fuel rods. To evaluate the integrity of the IHTS based on the consequences of the SWR, the behaviors of the generated high-pressure waves are analyzed at the major positions of a failed IHTS loop using a sodium–water advanced analysis method-II code. The integrity of the fuel rods must be consistently maintained below the safety acceptance criteria to avoid the consequences of the SWR. The integrity of the PHTS is evaluated using the multidimensional analysis of reactor safety-liquid metal reactor code to model the whole plant.