Comparison of various design parameters’ effects on the early-stage cooling performance in a sodium-cooled fast reactor

• Published in: Annals of nuclear energy Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 65 - 71
• Main Authors: Han, Ji-Woong, Eoh, Jae-Hyuk, Kim, Seong-O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2012
• Subjects: Coastdown flow; COMMIX-1AR/P; Cooling; Cooling effects; Early-stage cooling; Flywheels; Heat exchangers; KALIMER-600; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear power generation; Nuclear reactor components; Nuclear reactors; RmfQ; Sodium-cooled fast reactor; INW, Korea, Rep; RmfQ; COMMIX-1AR/P; Sodium-cooled fast reactor; KALIMER-600; Early-stage cooling; Coastdown flow

► Improvement of early-stage cooling performance in sodium-cooled fast reactor. ► Lifting the IHX elevation or employing a moderate coastdown flow time is an effective method. ► Enhancing heat transfer rate via reactor vessel has little effects. A numerical simulation for an investigation into the e...