Overall System Description and Safety Characteristics of Prototype Gen IV Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor in Korea
| Autor: | Kwi Lim Lee, Jae-Yong Lim, Tae-Ho Lee, Jaewoon Yoo, Sung-Kyun Kim, Jin-Sik Cheon, Hyung-Kook Joo, Jinwook Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Waste management business.industry 020209 energy Nuclear engineering System safety 02 engineering and technology Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor lcsh:TK9001-9401 Spent nuclear fuel Design phase Sodium-cooled fast reactor Natural circulation Nuclear Energy and Engineering Passive Safety Inherent safety 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Pool Type lcsh:Nuclear engineering. Atomic power Light-water reactor business Transuranium element Inherent Safety Metal Fuel |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol 48, Iss 5, Pp 1059-1070 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1738-5733 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.net.2016.08.004 |
| Popis: | The Prototype Gen IV sodium cooled fast reactor (PGSFR) has been developed for the last 4 years, fulfilling the technology demonstration of the burning capability of transuranic elements included in light water reactor spent nuclear fuel. The PGSFR design has been focused on the robustness of safety systems by enhancing inherent safety characteristics of metal fuel and strengthening passive safety features using natural circulation and thermal expansion. The preliminary safety information document as a major outcome of the first design phase of PGSFR development was issued at the end of 2015. The project entered the second design phase at the beginning of 2016. This paper summarizes the overall structures, systems, and components of nuclear steam supply system and safety characteristics of the PGSFR. The research and development activities to demonstrate the safety performance are also briefly introduced in the paper. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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