Applicability of RELAP5-3D for Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of a Sodium-Cooled Actinide Burner Test Reactor

Davis, C B

doi:10.2172/911555

Title: Applicability of RELAP5-3D for Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of a Sodium-Cooled Actinide Burner Test Reactor

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The Actinide Burner Test Reactor (ABTR) is envisioned as a sodium-cooled, fast reactor that will burn the actinides generated in light water reactors to reduce nuclear waste and ease proliferation concerns. The RELAP5-3D computer code is being considered as the thermal-hydraulic system code to support the development of the ABTR. An evaluation was performed to determine the applicability of RELAP5-3D for the analysis of a sodium-cooled fast reactor. The applicability evaluation consisted of several steps, including identifying the important transients and phenomena expected in the ABTR, identifying the models and correlations that affect the code’s calculation of the important phenomena, and evaluating the applicability of the important models and correlations for calculating the important phenomena expected in the ABTR. The applicability evaluation identified code improvements and additional models needed to simulate the ABTR. The accuracy of the calculated thermodynamic and transport properties for sodium was also evaluated.

Authors:: Davis, C B

Publication Date:: Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: DOE - NE

OSTI Identifier:: 911555

Report Number(s):: INL/EXT-06-11518
TRN: US0800006

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC07-99ID-13727

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 21 - SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ACCURACY; ACTINIDES; BURNERS; COMPUTER CODES; EVALUATION; FAST REACTORS; PROLIFERATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SODIUM; TEST REACTORS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSIENTS; TRANSPORT; WATER; ABTR, RELAP5-3D

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                    Davis, C B. Applicability of RELAP5-3D for Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of a Sodium-Cooled Actinide Burner Test Reactor.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
        Web.  doi:10.2172/911555.

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                    Davis, C B. Applicability of RELAP5-3D for Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of a Sodium-Cooled Actinide Burner Test Reactor.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/911555

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                    Davis, C B. 2006.  
        "Applicability of RELAP5-3D for Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of a Sodium-Cooled Actinide Burner Test Reactor".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/911555.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/911555.

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  abstractNote = {The Actinide Burner Test Reactor (ABTR) is envisioned as a sodium-cooled, fast reactor that will burn the actinides generated in light water reactors to reduce nuclear waste and ease proliferation concerns. The RELAP5-3D computer code is being considered as the thermal-hydraulic system code to support the development of the ABTR. An evaluation was performed to determine the applicability of RELAP5-3D for the analysis of a sodium-cooled fast reactor. The applicability evaluation consisted of several steps, including identifying the important transients and phenomena expected in the ABTR, identifying the models and correlations that affect the code’s calculation of the important phenomena, and evaluating the applicability of the important models and correlations for calculating the important phenomena expected in the ABTR. The applicability evaluation identified code improvements and additional models needed to simulate the ABTR. The accuracy of the calculated thermodynamic and transport properties for sodium was also evaluated.},

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