SPES-2, an experimental program to support the AP600 development
Conference
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OSTI ID:111436
- ENEA, Nuclear Fission Branch, Bolonga (Italy)
- SIET S.p.A. Piacenza (Italy)
In support of the development of the AP600 reactor, ENEA, ENEL, ANSALDO and Westinghouse have signed a research agreement. In the framework of this agreement a complex Full Height Full Pressure (FHFP) integral system testing program has been planned on SPES-2 facility. The main purpose of this paper is to point out the status of the test program; describe the hot per-operational test performed and the complete test matrix, giving all the necessary references on the work already published. Two identical Small Break LOCA transients, performed with Pressurizer to Core Make-up Tank (PRZ-CMT) balance line (Test S00203) and without PRZ-CMT balance line (Test S00303) are then compared, to show how the SPES-2 facility can contribute in confirming the new AP600 reactor design choices and can give useful indications to designers. Although the detailed analysis of test data has not been completed, some consideration on the analytical tools utilized and on the SPES-2 capability to simulate the reference plant is then drawn.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Systems Technology; American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States); American Inst. of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY (United States); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY (United States); Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto, ON (Canada); European Nuclear Society (ENS), Bern (Switzerland); Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Tokyo (Japan); Japan Society of Multiphase Flow, Kyoto (Japan)
- OSTI ID:
- 111436
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP--0142-Vol.4; CONF-950904--Vol.4; ON: TI95017080
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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