RELAP5 SIMULATION FOR SEVERE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF RSG-GAS REACTOR

Ekariansyah, Andi Sofrany and Hastuti, Endiah Puji and Sudarmono, Sudarmono (2018) RELAP5 SIMULATION FOR SEVERE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF RSG-GAS REACTOR. RELAP5 SIMULATION FOR SEVERE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF RSG-GAS REACTOR, 20 (1). ISSN 1411-240X

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Abstract

The research reactor in the world is to be known safer than power reactor due to its simpler design related to the core and operational chararacteristics. Nevertheless, potential hazards of research reactor to the public and the environment can not be ignored due to several special features. Therefore the level of safety must be clearly demonstrated in the safety analysis report (SAR) using safety analysis, which is performed with various approaches and methods supported by computational tools. The purpose of this research is to simulate several accidents in the Indonesia RSG-GAS reactor, which may lead to the fuel damage, to complement the severe accident analysis results that already described in the SAR. The simulation were performed using the thermal hydraulic code of RELAP5/SCDAP/Mod3.4 which has the capability to model the plate-type of RSG-GAS fuel elements. Three events were simulated, which are loss of primary and secondary flow without reactor trip, blockage of core subchannels without reactor trip during full power, and loss of primary and secondary flow followed by reactor trip and blockage of core subchannel. The first event will harm the fuel plate cladding as showed by its melting temperature of 590 °C. The blockage of one or more subchannels in the one fuel element results in different consequences to the fuel plates, in which at least two blocked subchannels will damage one fuel plate, even more the blockage of one fuel element. The combination of loss of primary and secondary flow followed by reactor trip and blockage of one fuel element has provided an increase of fuel plate temperature below its melting point meaning that the established natural circulation and the relative low reactor power is sufficient to cool the fuel element.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Taksonomi BATAN > Keselamatan dan Keamanan Nuklir
Taksonomi BATAN > Keselamatan dan Keamanan Nuklir
Divisions: BATAN > Pusat Teknologi dan Keselamatan Reaktor Nuklir
IPTEK > BATAN > Pusat Teknologi dan Keselamatan Reaktor Nuklir
Depositing User: Administrator Repository
Date Deposited: 11 Apr 2018 08:12
Last Modified: 02 Jun 2022 03:15
URI: https://karya.brin.go.id/id/eprint/150

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