Published March 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Research for Li concentration control method of PWR

  • 1. Chiba Inst. of Tech., Narashino (Japan)

Description

The primary coolant in a PWR Plant contains boric acid to control the excess reactivity and Lithium-7 to reduce the induced reactivity of corrosion products. Li-7 which is produced by B-10 (η, α) Li-7 reaction is necessary to be removed by cation demineralizer in order to avoid the accumulation of it. Recently, to reduce the solubility of corrosion products and the radiation level from radioactive corrosion products, it is recommended that the concentrations of boron and Li-7 in reactor coolant are controlled within the appropriate ranges. In this paper, the simulation analysis to determine Li-7, B and Cs-137 concentrations and the operation procedure to control Li-7 and B concentrations are studied, and an optimum operation procedure is proposed. (author)

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Subtitle (English)
Li concentration control of primary coolant system

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
511
Series
Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen.
Journal Page Range
828-832
ISSN
0387-5016
CODEN
NKGBD