PBMR nuclear design and safety analysis: An overview

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:22039711

Stoker, C ^[1]; PO Box 9396, Centurion 0046 ^[2]

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1. PBMR Pty. Ltd., Lake Buena Vista Building, Gordon Hood Avenue, Centurion 1267 (South Africa)
2. South Africa

PBMR is a high-temperature helium-cooled graphite-moderated continuous-fuelled pebble bed reactor. The power conversion unit is directly coupled to the reactor and the power turbines are driven through a direct closed-circuit helium cycle. An overview is presented on the nuclear engineering analyses used for the design and safety assessment for the PBMR. Topics addressed are the PBMR design, safety and licensing requirements, nuclear engineering analysis results, software verification and validation, and advances in software development. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22039711
• Resource Relation: Conference: PHYSOR-2006: American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics - Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation, Vancouver, BC (Canada), 10-14 Sep 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 23 refs.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
COMPUTER CODES
DESIGN
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HELIUM COOLED REACTORS
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
PEBBLE BED REACTORS
REACTOR LICENSING
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY ANALYSIS
TURBINES
VALIDATION
VERIFICATION