Sen Chen, Huaqi Li, Lixin Chen, Leitai Shi, Xiaofei Luo, Xiaoyan Tian, Lei Zhu, Da Li
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Analysis of Xi'an pulsed reactor large break loss of coolant accident
The Xi'an pulsed reactor (XAPR) severe accident caused by large break loss of coolant was modeled and computed by using ISSA-TRIGA program. The response characteristics and results of thermal hydraulic parameters, fuel rod mechanics and radionuclide release in the accident were analyzed. The results implied that the fuel temperature tend to rise firstly and then to decrease after the accident occurred. When the liquid level dropped to the upper grid plate, the core fuel began to be exposed and the fuel rod lost cooling, causing the fuel temperature start to rise. The first ring fuel rod clad was damaged at 1594 s, and the second and third ring fuel rod clad ruptured at 7642 s and 12999 s, respectively. The maximum fuel temperature and cladding temperature were 1462.3 K and 1452.6 K at 10720 s, respectively. After the fuel clad damaged, the nuclides in the cladding gap were released firstly, and part of fuel was oxidation subsequently. However, the average heat release power of the oxidation reaction was relatively small. In the process of the accident, the fuel temperature did not exceed its melting point and the fuel did not occur large-scale failure. The calculation results in this paper could be helpful for understanding the large break loss of coolant accident process of XAPR and provide important guidance for the subsequent accident mitigation.
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