Title of article
ExperimentsonHTRcriticalityparametersattheASTRAfacilityoftheKurchatovInstituteOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
N.NPonomarev-Stepnoi، نويسنده , , N.EKukharkin، نويسنده , , A.ABobrov، نويسنده , , E.IChuniaev، نويسنده , , V.PGarin، نويسنده , , E.SGlushkov، نويسنده , , G.VKompaniets، نويسنده , , A.MKrutov، نويسنده , , V.ALobyntsev، نويسنده , , D.NPolyakov، نويسنده , , O.NSmirnov، نويسنده , , A.AZimin، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
15
From page
215
To page
229
Abstract
The“zero”powerASTRAcriticalfacilityattheKurchatovInstituteisintendedforexperimentalinvestigationofneutronicsofHTGRreactors.Sphericalgraphiteelementswithmultilayercoatedfuelparticlesinside,alongwithpuregraphiteandabsorbercontainingsphericalelementscanbeusedindifferentconfigurationsofcores.Reactor-gradegraphiteblocksareusedinthestructuresofbottom,side,top,and/orinternalreflectors.Hardwarecapabilitiesofthefacilityallowcreationofthecriticalassemblieswiththeouterdiameterandheightofthesidereflectorofupto3.8and4.6m,respectively.TheASTRAcriticalfacilitywasusedtosimulatetheHTGRreactorsearlierdesignedinRussia,PBMRreactor(beingdevelopedinRSA)andisgoingtobeusedundertheinternationalGT-MHRproject(France,Japan,Russia,USA)mainlyforthepurposeofobtainingexperimentalbenchmarkdataforcomputercodevalidations.BriefdescriptionoftheASTRAfacilitycharacteristics,investigatedcoreconfigurations,experimentalmethods,andresultsisgiveninthepaper.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894540
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