Title of article
Testingofthemulti-applicationsmalllightwaterreactor(MASLWR)passivesafetysystemsOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
JoseN.Reyes، نويسنده , , JohnGroome، نويسنده , , BrianG.Woods، نويسنده , , EricYoung، نويسنده , , KentAbel، نويسنده , , YouYao، نويسنده , , YeonJongYoo، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
7
From page
1999
To page
2005
Abstract
ExperimentalthermalhydraulicresearchhasbeenconductedatOregonStateUniversityforthepurposeofassessingtheperformanceofanewreactordesignconcept,themulti-applicationsmalllightwaterreactor(MASLWR).TheMASLWRisapressurizedlightwaterreactordesignwithanetoutputof35MWethatusesnaturalcirculationinbothnormalandtransientoperation.Duetoitssmallsize,portabilityandmodularity,theMASLWRdesigniswellsuitedtohelpfillthepotentialneedforgridappropriatereactordesignsforsmallerelectricitygridsasmaybefoundindevelopingorremoteregions.ThepurposeoftheOSUMASLWRtestfacilityistoassesstheoperationoftheMASLWRundernormalfulloperatingpressureandfulltemperatureconditionsandtoassessthepassivesafetysystemsundertransientconditions.Thedatageneratedbythetestingprogramwillbeusedtoassesscomputercodecalculationsandtoprovideabetterunderstandingofthethermal-hydraulicphenomenainthedesignoftheMASLWRNSSS.Duringthistestingprogram,fourtestswereconductedattheOSUMASLWRtestfacility.Thesetestsincludedonedesignbasisaccidentandonebeyonddesignbasisaccident.Duringtheperformanceofthesetests,plantoperationstoincludestartup,normaloperationandshutdownevolutionsweredemonstratedsuccessfully.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
941420
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