铅冷快堆M2LFR-1000堆芯燃料管理方案设计

堆芯燃料管理是反应堆设计中极为重要而且复杂的工作,直接影响着堆芯的经济性。目前国内外对于压水堆等传统热堆已有了较为丰富和成熟的燃料管理计算方法,但对于快堆,由于其中子能谱硬,与传统热堆相比有着不同的控制方式和功率分布,快堆的堆芯燃料管理缺乏系统研究。针对中国科学技术大学自主研发的强迫循环冷却的铅基快堆M2LFR-1000,应用SRAC/COREBN软件包进行堆芯燃耗计算,根据燃耗深度提取核素核子密度,计算伪平衡循环参数进行燃料管理预估,然后进行首循环装料、过渡循环和平衡循环燃料管理方案设计。结果表明:对M2LFR-1000堆芯外区燃料换料组件Pu的富集度进行优化,可以延长换料周期到540 d,提高平均卸料燃耗深度;伪平衡循环结果与平衡循环基本一致,伪平衡循环可以用于燃料管理预估。     

高温反应堆瞬发中子代时间计算

高温核反应堆在磁流体发电和核火箭等领域有良好的应用前景。高温反应堆具有堆芯温度高、结构复杂等特点,其中子物理性能参数的计算难度较大。研究了高温核反应堆瞬发中子代时间的计算方法,介绍了多种方法的计算原理和一种新型高温核反应堆的计算结果。研究表明,对于相同的反应堆模型,几种方法的计算结果符合较好,计算结果可信。     

不同类型核燃料对热管冷却反应堆燃耗性能的影响

热管冷却反应堆采用固态反应堆设计理念,具有功率密度高、结构紧凑、固有安全性高等特点,在深空探索、深海勘探、偏远地区等场景中具有广阔的应用前景。核燃料作为热管冷却反应堆的重要组成部分,不同类型核燃料在堆芯燃耗分析时会呈现不同的中子学性能。基于美国爱达荷国家实验室(INL)提出的热管冷却反应堆INL Design A,利用清华大学蒙特卡罗中子输运程序RMC (Reactor Monte Carlo code)建立堆芯物理模型,选取UO₂,(U_0.9Pu_0.1)O₂,U-10Zr,U-8Pu-10Zr,UN,UC这6种核燃料开展燃耗计算,分析了不同核燃料、不同功率水平对热管冷却反应堆堆芯燃耗性能的影响。计算结果表明:在堆芯燃耗深度相同情况下(20.8 GW·d·t?1),装载U-8Pu-10Zr燃料的堆芯所需235U富集度最低(9.8%),具有较好的U-Pu增殖性能。堆芯功率处于5 MW的热管冷却反应堆,燃料中241Pu的存在不仅没起到增大堆芯燃耗深度的作用,反而导致堆芯剩余反应性和堆芯寿期末次锕系核素(MAs)的产量增大,影响反应堆的安全性与经济性。因此,对于装载含有Pu燃料的小功率长寿期热管冷却反应堆,需重点关注241Pu对堆芯燃耗性能的影响。     

Design analysis of the molten core confinement within the reactor vessel in the case of severe accidents at nuclear power plants equipped with a reactor of the VVER type

The present paper reports the results of the preliminary design estimate of the behavior of the core melt in vessels of reactors of the VVER-600 and VVER-1300 types (a standard optimized and informative nuclear power unit based on VVER technology—VVER TOI) in the case of beyond-design-basis severe accidents. The basic processes determining the state of the core melt in the reactor vessel are analyzed. The concept of molten core confinement within the vessel based on the idea of outside cooling is discussed. Basic assumptions and models, as well as the results of calculation of the interaction between molten materials of the core and the wall of the reactor vessel performed by means of the SOCRAT severe accident code, are presented and discussed. On the basis of the data obtained, the requirements on the operation of the safety systems are determined, upon the fulfillment of which there will appear potential prerequisites for implementing the concept of the confinement of the core melt within the reactor in cases of severe accidents at nuclear power plants equipped with VVER reactors.     

Radiation effect of neutrons produced by D–D side reactions on a D–3He fusion reactor

One of the most important characteristics in D–³He fusion reactors is neutron production via D–D side reactions. The neutrons can activate structural material, degrading them and ultimately converting them into high-level radioactive waste, while it is really costly and difficult to remove them. The neutrons from a fusion reactor could also be used to make weapons-grade nuclear material, rendering such types of fusion reactors a serious proliferation hazard. A related problem is the presence of radioactive elements such as tritium in D–³He plasma, either as fuel for or as products of the nuclear reactions; substantial quantities of radioactive elements would not only pose a general health risk, but tritium in particular would also be another proliferation hazard. The problems of neutron radiation and radioactive element production are especially interconnected because both would result from the D–D side reaction. Therefore, the presentation approach for reducing neutrons via D–D nuclear side reactions in a D–³He fusion reactor is very important. For doing this research, energy losses and neutron power fraction in D–³He fusion reactors are investigated. Calculations show neutrons produced by the D–D nuclear side reaction could be reduced by changing to a more ³He-rich fuel mixture, but then the bremsstrahlung power loss fraction would increase in the D–³He fusion reactor.     

热管堆在不同基体材料下的燃耗特性分析北大核心CSCD

热管冷却核反应堆具有非能动传热、模块化和固有安全性高等特点,在航空探索、深海作业和偏远地区电力市场上有广泛的应用。以洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室开发的5 MWth热管堆为研究对象,选择SS-316,Mo-14Re和SiC作为基体候选材料,采用反应堆蒙特卡罗中子输运分析程序对比分析了以上三种基体堆芯的反应性、中子能谱、增殖性能和燃耗演化。结果表明:为了维持堆芯的10年运行,SS-316,Mo-14Re和SiC三种基体堆芯所需的初始燃料235U富集度分别约为19.35%,28.80%和17.10%,SiC基体堆芯所需的初始燃料235U富集度最小;10年后,SiC基体堆芯产生的易裂变核素(239Pu和241Pu)和次锕系核素(通过分离嬗变可被再次利用)的量最高,分别约为11.91 kg和92.08 g。综合以上研究结果,推荐SiC作为热管冷却核反应堆的基体。     

基于FLUENT的核热耦合程序反应性反馈参数敏感性

将计算流体力学模型与中子动力学模型耦合来进行反应堆瞬态安全分析的方法,由于可以开展复杂几何结构的三维流动传热分析,因此受到很大的关注。基于FLUENT用户自定义功能（UDF）开发了一套可用于池式铅堆瞬态安全分析的核热耦合程序,程序耦合了临界/次临界点堆中子动力学模型和燃料棒模型。由于反应堆处于不同寿期时,随着燃料燃耗、可燃毒物积累等因素导致反应性反馈系数有较大变化,因此使用开发的核热耦合程序对中国科学技术大学提出的小型自然循环铅冷快堆进行不同关键反馈系数下无保护的瞬态超功率事故安全分析。调整点堆模块考虑到的四个反应性反馈系数,可以发现燃料多普勒系数对堆安全的影响最大,同时定量的分析结果表明超功率事故引入时间长短对事故演化有重要影响。     

启动物理试验分析系统

启动物理试验是压水堆核电机组装料后实施的一系列堆芯物理性能试验项目。传统物理试验设备体积庞大,测量范围较小,测量精度不能满足物理试验方法要求。自主研发的启动物理试验分析系统（PSAS）针对物理试验中反应性测量方法、设备软硬件设计、微电流测量量程切换、数据处理、数据传输方式等问题进行了优化研究,以提高设备的测量能力与适用性,并减小了设备的体积。通过研究堆及阳江核电站3号机物理试验检验,PSAS可以获得准确的测量结果,适用于压水堆物理试验。     

Determination of the relative power density distribution in a heterogeneous reactor from the results of measurements of the reactivity effects and the neutron importance function

A method for experimental determination of the relative power density distribution in a heterogeneous reactor based on measurements of fuel reactivity effects and importance of neutrons from a californium source is proposed. The method was perfected on two critical assembly configurations at the NARCISS facility of the Kurchatov Institute, which simulated a small-size heterogeneous nuclear reactor. The neutron importance measurements were performed on subcritical and critical assemblies. It is shown that, along with traditionally used activation methods, the developed method can be applied to experimental studies of special features of the power density distribution in critical assemblies and reactors.     

On Measurement of Subcriticality of Reactors with Statistical Methods

The possibility of measurement of subcriticality of reactors of nuclear power plants by statistical methods in the performance of requirements of Regulations NP-082-07 is discussed. The statistical methods, in particular, the Feynman method, make it possible to measure the subcriticality of shutdown reactors and at initial start-ups within the required range of 0.01–0.02 at the level of neutron detector counting of about one pulse per second. The Feynman method was perfected at the critical assembly of the high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor PROTEUS at the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland). The measurement results of subcriticality are presented. The conditions which should be ensured to obtain an acceptable result of experiment are formulated.     

Dynamic characteristics of a VK-50 reactor operating under conditions of the loss of a normal feedwater flow

The paper describes the conditions of the ATWS type with virtually complete cessation of the feed-water flow at the operating power level of a reactor of the VK-50 type. Under these conditions, the role of spatial kinetics in the system of feedback between thermohydraulic and nuclear processes with bulk boiling of the coolant in the reactor core is clearly seen. This feature determines the specific character of experimental data obtained and the suitability of their use for verification of the associated codes used for calculating water-water reactors.     

聚变-裂变混合堆系统在能源战略中的地位及其设计中若干问题的分析

简要描述聚变-裂变混合堆在长期能源发展战略中的地位,着重计算分析具有不同类型的聚变堆芯和包层的混合堆生产电能和可裂变核燃料的能力,研究不同类型聚变-裂变混合堆与其支持的卫星堆(如压水堆)组合燃料循环系统生产电能的能力.指出以天然铀或贫化铀为燃料,水冷却的包层设计是一种经济可行、技术风险较小的设计方案.     

Prospects for and problems of using light-water supercritical-pressure coolant in nuclear reactors in order to increase the efficiency of the nuclear fuel cycle

Trends in the development of the power sector of the Russian and world power industries both at present time and in the near future are analyzed. Trends in the rise of prices for reserves of fossil and nuclear fuels used for electricity production are compared. An analysis of the competitiveness of electricity production at nuclear power plants as compared to the competitiveness of electricity produced at coal-fired and natural-gas-fired thermal power plants is performed. The efficiency of the open nuclear fuel cycle and various versions of the closed nuclear fuel cycle is discussed. The requirements on light-water reactors under the scenario of dynamic development of the nuclear power industry in Russia are determined. Results of analyzing the efficiency of fuel utilization for various versions of vessel-type light-water reactors with supercritical coolant are given. Advantages and problems of reactors with supercritical-pressure water are listed.     

Experimental spectrum of reactor antineutrinos and spectra of main fissile isotopes

Within the period between the years 1988 and 1990, the spectrum of positrons from the inverse-beta-decay reaction on a proton was measured at the Rovno atomic power plant in the course of experiments conducted there. The measured spectrum has the vastest statistics in relation to other neutrino experiments at nuclear reactors and the lowest threshold for positron detection. An experimental reactor-antineutrino spectrum was obtained on the basis of this positron spectrum and was recommended as a reference spectrum. The spectra of individual fissile isotopes were singled out from the measured antineutrino spectrum. These spectra can be used to analyze neutrino experiments performed at nuclear reactors for various compositions of the fuel in the reactor core.     

Advantages of Production of New Fissionable Nuclides for the Nuclear Power Industry in Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactors

A concept of a large-scale nuclear power engineering system equipped with fusion and fission reactors is presented. The reactors have a joint fuel cycle, which imposes the lowest risk of the radiation impact on the environment. The formation of such a system is considered within the framework of the evolution of the current nuclear power industry with the dominance of thermal reactors, gradual transition to the thorium fuel cycle, and integration into the system of the hybrid fusion-fission reactors for breeding nuclear fuel for fission reactors. Such evolution of the nuclear power engineering system will allow preservation of the existing structure with the dominance of thermal reactors, enable the reprocessing of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) with low burnup, and prevent the dangerous accumulation of minor actinides. The proposed structure of the nuclear power engineering system minimizes the risk of radioactive contamination of the environment and the SNF reprocessing facilities, decreasing it by more than one order of magnitude in comparison with the proposed scheme of closing the uranium–plutonium fuel cycle based on the reprocessing of SNF with high burnup from fast reactors.     

高保真物理-热工耦合计算方法研究及应用

反应堆高保真物理-热工耦合计算可以更准确、更详细地模拟和预测反应堆堆芯行为,从而进一步提高核反应堆的安全性和经济性。基于精确的几何建模与高精度的中子学计算方法,通过耦合pin-by-pin子通道热工水力计算,进行了高保真中子学和物理-热工耦合计算方法研究,研制了反应堆高保真物理-热工耦合计算程序NECP-X/CTF。在此基础上分析了燃料棒导热模型、间隙导热率等计算模型对高保真物理-热工耦合计算结果的影响,最终将耦合系统应用于大型压水堆关键安全参数的计算。结果表明,高保真物理-热工耦合不但可以获得精确的宏观参数,还可以获得精细的燃料棒功率、燃料棒温度等精细参数。     

Hybrid fusion reactor for production of nuclear fuel with minimum radioactive contamination of the fuel cycle

The paper presents the results of the system research on the coordinated development of nuclear and fusion power engineering in the current century. Considering the increasing problems of resource procurement, including limited natural uranium resources, it seems reasonable to use fusion reactors as high-power neutron sources for production of nuclear fuel in a blanket. It is shown that the share of fusion sources in this structural configuration of the energy system can be relatively small. A fundamentally important aspect of this solution to the problem of closure of the fuel cycle is that recycling of highly active spent fuel can be abandoned. Radioactivity released during the recycling of the spent fuel from the hybrid reactor blanket is at least two orders of magnitude lower than during the production of the same number of fissile isotopes after the recycling of the spent fuel from a fast reactor.     

蒙特卡罗计算中颗粒型燃料的随机分布模型比较

高温气冷堆是新一代反应堆系统的热门候选堆型，已经受到国际上越来越多的关注。为设计和分析这种堆型，因其特有的包覆颗粒燃料引入了双重非均匀性，需要应用随机分布模型。对粗网格模型、细网格随机(FLS)模型、随机顺序添加(RSA)模型、子网格随机(Sub-FLS)模型和Metropolis模型等进行了研究，通过计算分析比较给出了各种模型的优缺点。结果表明:子网格随机模型和连续的RSA模型非常接近参考值，但是连续RSA模型的建模时间随着燃料体积份额的增加连续快速上升。 Key words: coated particle fuels; stochastic transport model; Monte Carlo; random distribution