Progress on the development of a new fuel management code to simulate the movement of pebble and block type fuel elements in a very high temperature reactor core

2014 ◽  
Vol 271 ◽  
pp. 370-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Xhonneux ◽  
Stefan Kasselmann ◽  
Hans-Jochem Rütten ◽  
Kai Becker ◽  
Hans-Josef Allelein
2011 ◽  
Vol 175 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Jong Yoon ◽  
Chang-Yong Jin ◽  
Min-Hwan Kim ◽  
Goon-Cherl Park

Author(s):  
Tetsuaki Takeda

The inherent properties of the Very-High-Temperature Reactor (VHTR) facilitate the design of the VHTR with high degree of passive safe performances, compared to other type of reactors. However, it is still not clear if the VHTR can maintain a passive safe function during the primary-pipe rupture accident, or what would be a design criterion to guarantee the VHTR with the high degree of passive safe performances during the accident. The primary-pipe rupture accident is one of the most common of accidents related to the basic design regarding the VHTR, which has a potential to cause the destruction of the reactor core by oxidizing in-core graphite structures and to release fission products by oxidizing graphite fuel elements. It is a guillotine type rupture of the double coaxial pipe at the nozzle part connecting to the side or bottom of the reactor pressure vessel, which is a peculiar accident for the VHTR. This study is to investigate the air ingress phenomena and to develop the passive safe technology for the prevention of air ingress and of graphite corrosion. The present paper describes the influences of a localized natural circulation in parallel channels onto the air ingress process during the primary-pipe rupture accident of the VHTR.


2013 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 71-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionisio Telésforo-Reyes ◽  
Juan-Luis François ◽  
Cecilia Martín-del-Campo ◽  
Arturo G. Reinking-Cejudo

2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (764) ◽  
pp. 383-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiju SHIBATA ◽  
Junya SUMITA ◽  
Taiyo MAKITA ◽  
Takashi TAKAGI ◽  
Eiji KUNIMOTO ◽  
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