Title of article
AB1600—ProgressofABWRtechnologytowardnextgenerationABWROriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
KenjiArai، نويسنده , , AkiraMurase، نويسنده , , RyoichiHamazaki، نويسنده , , MasahikoKuroki، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
7
From page
1902
To page
1908
Abstract
Advancedboilingwaterreactor(ABWR)plantshaveachievedanexcellentoperatingperformancesincethefirstABWRplantstarteditscommercialoperationin1996.BasedontheABWRtechnology,progresshasbeenmadetowardsanextgenerationABWR,AB1600inToshiba.TheAB1600plantaimsatmeetingthedemandforthereplacementofthecurrentBWRs,whichisexpectedtoberealizedby2020andbeyond.IntheAB1600design,therefore,furtherimprovementsineconomicandreliabilityaspectshavebeenpursuedbyincorporatingseveralnewtechnologies.Thereactorpowerisupratedto1600MWefrom1350MWeofthefirstABWRplantinordertobenefitfromeconomyofscale.Alargefuelassemblywithhighpowerdensityisadoptedinordertoreducebothofthecapitalcostandmaintenancecostassociatedwithrefuelingbydecreasingthenumberoffuelassembliesandcontrolroddrives.TheAB1600safetysystemdesignemploysahybridsafetysystem,whichconsistsofbothactiveandpassivesystemsforthedesignbasisandthebeyond-designbasisaccidents,toenhancethesafetyoftheplant.Asacountermeasureagainstsevereaccidents,thepassivesystemsforthefunctionsofdecayheatremoval,coolantinjectionandmoltencoredebriscoolingareincorporated.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
895144
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