Licensing considerations of a fluoride salt cooled high temperature test reactor

  • Yao Xiao
  • , Lin Wen Hu
  • , Charles Forsberg
  • , Suizheng Qiu
  • , Guanghui Su

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Abstract

The Fluoride salt cooled High temperature Reactor (FHR) is an innovative reactor concept that uses high temperature TRISO fuel with a low-pressure liquid salt coolant. Design of Fluoride salt cooled High temperature Test Reactor (FHTR) is a key step in the development of the FHR technology and is currently in progress both in China and United States. An FHTR based on pebble bed core design with coolant temperature 600- 700 °C is being planned for construction by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP). This paper provides a preliminary thermal hydraulic licensing analysis of an FHTR using SINAP's pebble core design as a reference case. The operation limits based on criteria outlined in U.S. regulatory guidelines are evaluated. Limiting Safety System Settings (LSSS) considering uncertainties for forced convection operation are obtained. The LSSS power and coolant outlet temperature are 24.6 MW and 720 °C, respectively.

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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