Journal of Power and Energy Systems
Online ISSN : 1881-3062
ISSN-L : 1881-3062
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Conceptual Reactor Design Study of Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) with Prismatic-Type Core
Masaaki NAKANONobumasa TSUJIYujiro TAZAWA
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2008 Volume 2 Issue 2 Pages 768-774

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The preliminary conceptual design study of prismatic-type Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) has been performed with 950°C outlet coolant temperature for higher efficient hydrogen and electricity production. First, the core internals that enable higher outlet temperature are considered in the viewpoint of reduction of core bypass flow. Three-dimensional thermal and hydraulic analyses are carried out and show that the 950°C outlet temperature requires approximately 90% fuel flow fraction and it can be achieved with the installation of the seals in bottom blocks, the coolant tubes in the permanent side reflectors and the core restraint devices. Next, the core and fission product (FP) release analyses are performed. The analysis methods that have been developed for the pin-in-block fuel, one type of prismatic VHTR cores, can be applied to multi-hole fuel, another type of the cores, with some adjustments of the analytical models.

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