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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 247, 2021
PHYSOR2020 – International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future
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Article Number | 10013 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Verification & Validation | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124710013 | |
Published online | 22 February 2021 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124710013
RECENT VALIDATION STUDY OF THE TECHNIQUE FOR EXPRESS EVALUATION OF BURNUP IN LEAKING FUEL ASSEMBLIES OF WWER POWER UNITS
1 SRC RF TRINITI, 12 Pushkovykh Street, Moscow, Troitsk, 108840, Russia
2 NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 1 Akademika Kurchatova pl., Moscow, 123182, Russia
vilhivskaya_olga@mail.ru
i_a_evdokimov@rambler.ru
likhansk@mail.ru
afanasievah@inbox.ru
Published online: 22 February 2021
The present work continues the series of papers on the revision of the conventional technique for evaluation of leaking fuel burnup during reactor operation at nuclear power plants (NPPs). The focus was made on reduction of uncertainties in evaluation of leaking fuel burnup in modern fuel cycles at WWER-1000 power units. A set of models was proposed for express calculation of the build-up of caesium isotopes in fuel and to relate 134Cs/137Cs activity ratio with fuel burnup for each rod in the core. These models are based on routine neutronic calculations of pin-by-pin linear heat generation rates which are performed at NPPs for each particular fuel cycle with particular core loading pattern (however, these calculations do not provide data on caesium inventory in fuel). Previously, the proposed models have been validated against several practical cases. This latest validation study relied on the analysis of the most recent fuel cycles at two NPPs that reported spike-events and identified the leaking fuel assemblies (LFAs) after the reactor shutdown. The calculated 134Cs/137Cs activity ratios in the fuel of the LFAs were compared to the NPPs data on the activity measurements, and to the post-irradiation examination (PIE) data provided for one FA. A reasonable agreement between the model predictions and the experimental data on 134Cs/137Cs activity ratios in the fuel as a function of its burnup is shown for the advanced FA designs in modern fuel cycles.
Key words: WWER-1000 / leaking fuel burnup / spike-event / 134Cs/137Cs activity ratio
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