{"title":"Interpretation of the online measurement data for selected tests of the RISOE-III project","authors":"Grigori Khvostov","doi":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155219","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two tests, AN3 and AN4 from the RISOE-III Fission Gas Release (FGR) project are analysed using the updated version of the FALCON MOD01 code coupled with the GRSW-A model. Based on comparison of the stand-alone code calculation with the measurement for centerline fuel temperature, the previous calibration and verification of the thermal analysis of the code is confirmed. Additional analysis with the FALCON-to-FRELAX (F2F) coupled code system is carried out and presented for simulation of the effects of delayed axial redistribution of the released fission gases in the rodlets, as an attempt to interpret the data on significant jumps in measured upper-plenum pressure at a power dip. The other feature of the data, addressed by the additional sensitivity study with F2F, is peaking that can be seen in the measured fuel temperature after each power rise. A conclusion can be proposed that the peculiarities in the online-measurement could, probably, result from the features of fabrication of the fuel segments for pre-irradiation in the NPP, and instrumentation of the rodlets to be tested in the research reactor. Therefore, these features can have only limited effect on evaluation of reliability and safety of the standard fuel during normal operation in power reactors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":373,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Nuclear Materials","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311524003210","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Two tests, AN3 and AN4 from the RISOE-III Fission Gas Release (FGR) project are analysed using the updated version of the FALCON MOD01 code coupled with the GRSW-A model. Based on comparison of the stand-alone code calculation with the measurement for centerline fuel temperature, the previous calibration and verification of the thermal analysis of the code is confirmed. Additional analysis with the FALCON-to-FRELAX (F2F) coupled code system is carried out and presented for simulation of the effects of delayed axial redistribution of the released fission gases in the rodlets, as an attempt to interpret the data on significant jumps in measured upper-plenum pressure at a power dip. The other feature of the data, addressed by the additional sensitivity study with F2F, is peaking that can be seen in the measured fuel temperature after each power rise. A conclusion can be proposed that the peculiarities in the online-measurement could, probably, result from the features of fabrication of the fuel segments for pre-irradiation in the NPP, and instrumentation of the rodlets to be tested in the research reactor. Therefore, these features can have only limited effect on evaluation of reliability and safety of the standard fuel during normal operation in power reactors.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Nuclear Materials publishes high quality papers in materials research for nuclear applications, primarily fission reactors, fusion reactors, and similar environments including radiation areas of charged particle accelerators. Both original research and critical review papers covering experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects of either fundamental or applied nature are welcome.
The breadth of the field is such that a wide range of processes and properties in the field of materials science and engineering is of interest to the readership, spanning atom-scale processes, microstructures, thermodynamics, mechanical properties, physical properties, and corrosion, for example.
Topics covered by JNM
Fission reactor materials, including fuels, cladding, core structures, pressure vessels, coolant interactions with materials, moderator and control components, fission product behavior.
Materials aspects of the entire fuel cycle.
Materials aspects of the actinides and their compounds.
Performance of nuclear waste materials; materials aspects of the immobilization of wastes.
Fusion reactor materials, including first walls, blankets, insulators and magnets.
Neutron and charged particle radiation effects in materials, including defects, transmutations, microstructures, phase changes and macroscopic properties.
Interaction of plasmas, ion beams, electron beams and electromagnetic radiation with materials relevant to nuclear systems.