Refueling method for evenly circulating pressurized water reactor core for 24 months

A pressurized water reactor and core technology, which is applied in the fields of reactor fuel elements, reactors, recycling technology, etc., can solve the problems of prolonging the refueling cycle of the core

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-25
CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENG CO LTD
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Although such a management strategy can make the life span of the core reach 475EFPD, which meets the re...

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[0022] The specific implementation manners of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0023] In the exemplary refueling method of the PWR core balance cycle of 24 months according to the present invention, the fuel assemblies constituting the PWR core include a total of 177 groups. Each time the low-leakage loading mode is adopted, 92 sets of fuel assemblies with the longest burning time are replaced with new fuel assemblies (of which 235 The enrichment degree of U is 4.95%, which is higher than the conventional), so that the cycle length of the reactor core balance cycle reaches 24 months of refueling length.

[0024] The core fuel active section height of 177 fuel assemblies is 365.76cm, the equivalent diameter is 322.8cm, and the aspect ratio is 1.13. The fuel rods of each fuel assembly are arranged in a 17×17 square matrix, including 265 fuel rods (including fuel rods without gadolinium and fuel rods containin...

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The invention belongs to the technical field of reactor design, and relates to a refueling method for evenly circulating a pressurized water reactor core for 24 months. According to the refueling method, 90-95 groups of fuel assemblies which have the longest burning time in 170-180 groups of fuel assemblies of the reactor core are replaced with new fuel assemblies each time, when the fuel assemblies are replaced, the new fuel assemblies are placed at a secondarily outer circle of the reactor core and at the position close to the center of the reactor core, burned fuel assemblies are placed at other positions of the reactor core, and the fuel assembly replacing is conducted once every 24 months. By the adoption of the refueling method for evenly circulating the pressurized water reactor core for 24 months, the cycle of the evenly circulating pressurized water reactor core can be increased to 24 months from 18 months.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of reactor design and relates to a refueling method for a pressurized water reactor core balance cycle of 24 months. Background technique [0002] In the management of reactor core fuel, on the basis of ensuring the safety of the core, increasing the utilization rate of nuclear fuel and prolonging the refueling cycle of the reactor core can prolong the service life of the nuclear power unit and reduce the number of shutdowns, thus effectively Reduce the cost of overhaul, improve the capacity factor of nuclear power units, and improve the economics of nuclear power plants. [0003] At present, the fuel management strategy of 18-month refueling is adopted for the core composed of 177 fuel assemblies. The balance cycle replaces 68 sets of 4.45% fuel assemblies each time, using low-leakage loading. Although such a management strategy can make the life span of the core reach 475EFPD, which meets the requirement...

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IPC IPC(8): G21C19/20G21C19/34
CPCG21C19/205G21C19/34Y02E30/30Y02W30/50
Inventor 刘国明肖会文李想霍小东杨海峰
Owner CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENG CO LTD
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