A study on SCWR core design and fuel management

  • Yong Zhang
  • , Jue Yang
  • , Dongsheng Li
  • , Liangzhi Cao
  • , Fei Wang
  • , Shuai Zhao
  • , Hongbo Li

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Abstract

A type of SCWR core design with Double-row fuel rods assembly will be introduced in this paper. The Double-row fuel rods SCWR (DL-SCWR) core is designed for reaching a thermal power of 2280 MW with an equivalent diameter of 3.16 m and length of 4.20 m. There are 249 fuel assemblies in the core, and 180 fuel rods in each assembly. The inlet coolant temperature is 280 °C and the operation pressure is 25 MPa. There are 80 fresh assemblies in the equilibrium cycle. The numerical results show that the average discharged burnup of the equilibrium is 37 GWD/tU,and the average temperature of outlet coolant is 500?. In the equilibrium cycle, the maximum cladding surface temperature is less than 650 °C.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPlant Systems, Construction, Structures and Components; Next Generation Reactors and Advanced Reactors
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Print)9780791855799
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2013 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 29 Jul 20132 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
Volume2

Conference

Conference2013 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period29/07/132/08/13

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