Transient analyses for the Uzbekistan VVR-SM reactor with IRT-3M HEU fuel and IRT-4M LEU fuel : ANL independent verification results.

Garner, P. L. ; Hanan, N. A. ; Argonne National Laboratory. Nuclear Engineering Division.

Argonne National Laboratory

关键词: Uranium;    Anl;    Uzbekistan;    Verification;    Transients;   

DOI  :  10.2172/929255
RP-ID  :  ANL-07/26
RP-ID  :  DE-AC02-06CH11357
RP-ID  :  929255

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Calculations have been performed for postulated transients in the VVR-SM Reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of the Academy of Sciences in the Republic of Uzbekistan. (The reactor designation in Cyrillic is BBP-CM; transliterating characters to English gives VVRSM but translating words gives WWR-SM.) These calculations have been performed at the request of staff of the INP who are performing similar calculations. The transients considered were established during working meetings between Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and INP staff during summer 2006 [Ref. 1], subsequent email correspondence, and subsequent staff visits. Calculations were performed for the current high-enriched uranium (HEU) core, the proposed low-enriched uranium (LEU) core, and one mixed HEU-LEU core during the transition. These calculations have been performed independently from those being performed by INP and serve as one step in the verification process.