Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor

Andhika Feri Wibisono; Eugene Shwageraus

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202124719001

Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor

Andhika Feri Wibisono, Eugene Shwageraus

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Abstract

The hybrid Small Modular Boiling Water Reactor (SMBWR) is a new conceptual design of BWR-type SMR. The main features of SMBWR include a natural circulation loop in its coolant recirculation system and external superheaters system integrated into the steam cycle. A full core analysis of SMBWR is performed with the nodal diffusion code PANTHER using homogenised constant libraries generated by WIMS. The study compared a number of core geometry configurations and fuel management schemes to suppress excess reactivity throughout fuel depletion. Three options for SMBWR core aspect ratio using the same power density are investigated with the aim to assess the effect on the neutronic and thermal-hydraulic performance of the SMBWR. It is found that the thin and tall core configuration (192 fuel assemblies and 3.60 m) showed the least favourable performance out of the three options as it has the largest core pressure drop and thus requires taller chimney to develop natural circulation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Physics of Reactors
Subtitle of host publication	Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Editors	Marat Margulis, Partrick Blaise
Publisher	EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences
Pages	2809-2817
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781713827245
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124719001
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Mar 2020 → 2 Apr 2020

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Volume	2020-March

Conference

Conference	2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	28/03/20 → 2/04/20

Keywords

Excess reactivity
Full core analysis
Moderator temperature variation
Small modular boiling water reactor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiation

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Wibisono, A. F., & Shwageraus, E. (2020). Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor. In M. Margulis, & P. Blaise (Eds.), International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020 (pp. 2809-2817). (International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020; Vol. 2020-March). EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124719001

Wibisono, Andhika Feri ; Shwageraus, Eugene. / Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor. International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020. editor / Marat Margulis ; Partrick Blaise. EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, 2020. pp. 2809-2817 (International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020).

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Wibisono, AF & Shwageraus, E 2020, Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor. in M Margulis & P Blaise (eds), International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020. International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020, vol. 2020-March, EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, pp. 2809-2817, 2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 28/03/20. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124719001

Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor. / Wibisono, Andhika Feri; Shwageraus, Eugene.

International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020. ed. / Marat Margulis; Partrick Blaise. EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, 2020. p. 2809-2817 (International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020; Vol. 2020-March).

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Wibisono AF, Shwageraus E. Core design study for a small modular boiling water reactor. In Margulis M, Blaise P, editors, International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020. EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences. 2020. p. 2809-2817. (International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020). doi: 10.1051/epjconf/202124719001

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