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Title: Phenomena identification and ranking table study for thermal hydraulics for Advanced High Temperature Reactor

Journal Article · · Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford)
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  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States)
  4. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Univ. of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  5. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
  7. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
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The Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR) is a conceptual design of a Fluoride salt-cooled High temperature Reactor (FHR) utilizing (LiF)-Li-7-BeF2 (66-34 mol%) as its primary coolant. To identify key phenomena that impose potential challenges on thermal hydraulics modeling and simulation of such a reactor system, a thermal hydraulics phenomena identification and ranking table (TH-PIRT) study was performed for the AHTR in a Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) integrated research project led by Georgia Institute of Technology. A panel of experts from regulators, industries, national laboratories, and academia was assembled for the study. In this paper, the TH-PIRT5 identified by the panel for two events, namely, station blackout and simultaneous withdrawal of all control rods, are summarized and discussed in detail. In addition, the key phenomena that warrant further study and research for AHTR analysis are identified to support the validation of thermal hydraulics system-level analysis codes and computational fluid dynamics simulation tools, as well as future FHR reactor licensing.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP); Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Non-NUREG; USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1482327
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1503845; OSTI ID: 1636410
Report Number(s):
BNL-209442-2018-JAAM
Journal Information:
Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford), Vol. 124, Issue C; ISSN 0306-4549
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 7 works
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Web of Science

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