Method of determining margins to operating limits for nuclear reactor operation
    1.
    发明申请
    Method of determining margins to operating limits for nuclear reactor operation 有权
    确定核反应堆运行操作限值的利润率的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070153958A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-05

    申请号:US11320919

    申请日:2005-12-30

    IPC分类号: G21C17/00

    摘要: In a method of determining an operating margin to a given operating limit in a nuclear reactor, operational plant data from an on-line nuclear reactor plant is accessed, and reactor operation is simulated off-line using the operational plant data to generate predicted dependent variable data representative of the given operating limit. The predicted dependent variable data is normalized for evaluation with normalized historical dependent variable data from stored operating cycles of plants having a similar plant configuration to the on-line plant. A time-dependent average bias and a time-dependent uncertainty value for the predicted dependent variable data are determined using the normalized historical dependent variable data, and a risk-tolerance level for the on-line plant is obtained. An operating margin to the given operating limit is determined based on the determined time time-dependent average bias value and time-dependent uncertainty value so as to satisfy the risk-tolerance level of the evaluated plant.

    摘要翻译: 在确定核反应堆中给定运行极限的运行余量的方法中,访问来自在线核反应堆设备的运行设备数据,并使用运行设备数据离线模拟反应堆运行,以产生预测的因变量 数据代表给定的操作限制。 将预测的因变量数据归一化以用来自具有类似工厂配置的植物的存储操作周期与在线植物的归一化历史因变量数据进行评估。 使用归一化的历史因变量数据确定预测的因变量数据的时间依赖平均偏差和时间依赖的不确定性值,并且获得在线工厂的风险容忍水平。 基于确定的时间依赖平均偏差值和时间依赖不确定度值确定给定操作限制的操作余量,以满足评估工厂的风险容忍水平。

    Burnable poison materials and apparatuses for nuclear reactors and methods of using the same
    9.
    发明授权
    Burnable poison materials and apparatuses for nuclear reactors and methods of using the same 有权
    用于核反应堆的可燃毒物和装置及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US09165691B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-20

    申请号:US12385747

    申请日:2009-04-17

    摘要: Example embodiments are directed to materials useable as burnable poisons in nuclear reactors, components using the same, and methods of using the same. Example embodiment burnable poison materials produce desired daughter products as they burn out, thereby permitting placement and use for neutronic characteristic improvement and/or neutron flux shielding in locations conventionally barred as uneconomical. Example embodiment burnable poison materials may include natural iridium and enriched iridium-193. Example embodiment components may be fabricated, shaped, and placed to provide desired burnable poison effects in the reactor core in conventional locations and locations not conventionally used due to economic infeasibility. Example methods include use of example embodiment components, including determining locations benefiting from burnable poison effects, fabricating example embodiment components of a desired amount of example embodiment burnable poison materials, placing the example embodiment components, exposing example embodiment components to flux within the operating nuclear reactor, removing and harvesting example embodiment burnable poison components for desired daughter products produced from example embodiment burnable poison materials.

    摘要翻译: 示例性实施方案涉及可用作核反应堆中的可燃毒物的材料,使用其的组分及其使用方法。 示例性实施例可燃毒物材料在燃烧时产生所需的女性产品,从而允许在通常被禁止作为不经济的位置的位置中放置和使用中和特性改进和/或中子通量屏蔽。 示例性的可燃烧毒物可包括天然铱和富集铱-193。 可以制造,成形和放置示例性实施例部件,以在由于经济不可行性而不常规使用的常规位置和位置的反应堆芯中提供所需的可燃毒物效应。 示例性方法包括使用示例实施例部件,包括确定受益于可燃毒性作用的位置,制造所需数量的示例性实施例的可燃毒物材料的示例性实施例部件,放置示例性实施例部件,将示例性实施例部件暴露于操作核反应堆 ,从示例性实施方案可燃毒物材料制备的期望的女性产品中去除和收获示例性实施例的可燃毒物成分。