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Title: A flooding induced station blackout analysis for a pressurized water reactor using the RISMC toolkit

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the impact of a power uprate on a pressurized water reactor (PWR) for a tsunami-induced flooding test case. This analysis is performed using the RISMC toolkit: the RELAP-7 and RAVEN codes. RELAP-7 is the new generation of system analysis codes that is responsible for simulating the thermal-hydraulic dynamics of PWR and boiling water reactor systems. RAVEN has two capabilities: to act as a controller of the RELAP-7 simulation (e.g., component/system activation) and to perform statistical analyses. In our case, the simulation of the flooding is performed by using an advanced smooth particle hydrodynamics code called NEUTRINO. The obtained results allow the user to investigate and quantify the impact of timing and sequencing of events on system safety. The impact of power uprate is determined in terms of both core damage probability and safety margins.

Authors:
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  1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
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Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1223301
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 1687-6075
Publisher:
Hindawi
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS

Citation Formats

Mandelli, Diego, Prescott, Steven, Smith, Curtis, Alfonsi, Andrea, Rabiti, Cristian, Cogliati, Joshua, and Kinoshita, Robert. A flooding induced station blackout analysis for a pressurized water reactor using the RISMC toolkit. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1155/2015/308163.
Mandelli, Diego, Prescott, Steven, Smith, Curtis, Alfonsi, Andrea, Rabiti, Cristian, Cogliati, Joshua, & Kinoshita, Robert. A flooding induced station blackout analysis for a pressurized water reactor using the RISMC toolkit. United States. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/308163
Mandelli, Diego, Prescott, Steven, Smith, Curtis, Alfonsi, Andrea, Rabiti, Cristian, Cogliati, Joshua, and Kinoshita, Robert. Sun . "A flooding induced station blackout analysis for a pressurized water reactor using the RISMC toolkit". United States. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/308163. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223301.
@article{osti_1223301,
title = {A flooding induced station blackout analysis for a pressurized water reactor using the RISMC toolkit},
author = {Mandelli, Diego and Prescott, Steven and Smith, Curtis and Alfonsi, Andrea and Rabiti, Cristian and Cogliati, Joshua and Kinoshita, Robert},
abstractNote = {In this paper we evaluate the impact of a power uprate on a pressurized water reactor (PWR) for a tsunami-induced flooding test case. This analysis is performed using the RISMC toolkit: the RELAP-7 and RAVEN codes. RELAP-7 is the new generation of system analysis codes that is responsible for simulating the thermal-hydraulic dynamics of PWR and boiling water reactor systems. RAVEN has two capabilities: to act as a controller of the RELAP-7 simulation (e.g., component/system activation) and to perform statistical analyses. In our case, the simulation of the flooding is performed by using an advanced smooth particle hydrodynamics code called NEUTRINO. The obtained results allow the user to investigate and quantify the impact of timing and sequencing of events on system safety. The impact of power uprate is determined in terms of both core damage probability and safety margins.},
doi = {10.1155/2015/308163},
journal = {Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations},
number = ,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sun May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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