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
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
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah