Title :
Early detection of an instantaneous total blockage accident in the core of a sodium-cooled fast reactor
Author :
Martinez-Martinez, Sinuhe ; Messai, N. ; Nuzillard, Danielle ; Jeannot, J.-P.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Rech. en STIC, Univ. de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Abstract :
The Total Instantaneous Blockage (TIB) of an assembly in the core of a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) is under study. The dataset is provided by the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA). Through the estimation of the temperatures on the top of each assembly of the SFR´s core, an original strategy for the detection of a TIB is proposed and implemented to a hypothetical simulated incident. Since there is no knowledge of the system´s model, it is considered as a blackbox and the estimation of temperatures is made by a Neural Network.
Keywords :
fission reactor accidents; fission reactor core control; liquid metal fast breeder reactors; Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission; TIB detection; instantaneous total blockage accident; neural network; sodium-cooled fast reactor core; temperature estimation; Artificial neural networks; Assembly; Conferences; Estimation; Inductors; Temperature measurement; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2013 7th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Doha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0722-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEEEGCC.2013.6705821
