摘要:
A fuel containment containing nuclear fuel rods of a fuel assembly which will be loaded into a reactor core of a fast breeder reactor is formed narrow in width at middle portion of vertical direction and long in length of vertical direction. And as being used in the reactor core, the middle portion of vertical direction of the fuel containment, wherein both of heat generation and swelling are larger than that of other portion, expands more than other portion, but undesirable contact with adjacent fuel assemblies can be avoided as the middle portion is previously formed narrow. Moreover, the other portions, wherein expansion of the fuel containment and undesirable contact with adjacent fuel assemblies are barely caused, are formed previously wide in width by enlarging the coolant flow path of the fuel containment, whereby pressure drop of coolant of coolant used in the reactor core can be reduced.
摘要:
An operation control method for a nuclear reactor performing a load follow-up operation in accordance with a load variation program, wherein a core reactivity which changes with time in a first cycle of operation is predicted based on the load variation program and data for analyzing dynamic characteristics of the reactor, and a change in a liquid poison concentration in the first cycle of operation is obtained based on the predicted reactivity, and reactor power is controlled in the first cycle of operation by adjusting the liquid poison concentration in accordance with the obtained change. When the liquid poison concentration is adjusted and control rods are manipulated, a reactivity introduced by these operations in the first cycle of operation is obtained, and an adjustment to be made to the liquid poison concentration in the second cycle of operation which is the next cycle of operation following the first cycle of operation is obtained from the reactivity introduced in the first cycle of operation. When the change in reactivity in the second cycle of operation becomes equal to that in the first cycle of operation, and reactor power is controlled in the second cycle of operation by performing the obtained adjustment of the liquid poison concentration.