Published 2015 | Version v1
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Safety analysis on Brazilian multipurpose reactor using the RELAP5-3D code

Creators

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Ciências e Tecnologia de Reatores Nucleares lnovadores/CNPq (Brazil)
  • 2. Departamento de Engenharia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antdnio Carlos, 6627 - PCA1 - Anexo Engenharia - Pampulha, CEP 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, (Brazil)
  • 3. Centro de Desenvo/vimento da Tecnologia Nuclear/Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear-CDTN/CNEN, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, CEP 31270-901 Campus UFMG, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Description

The Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor (Reator Multipropósito Brasileiro - RMB) is currently being projected and several analyses are being performed. It will be a 30 MW open pool multipurpose research reactor with a compact core using Materials Testing Reactor (MTR) fuel assembly with planar plates. RMB will be cooled by light water and moderated by beryllium and heavy water. This work presents the thermal hydraulic calculations of steady state operation of the RMB using a RELAP5 model and also a model of core using the multi- dimensional kinetic model in RELAP5-3D and PARCS code. The cross section was generated in the WlMSD-5B lattice code. The axial and radial relative power on the core was compared with three-dimensional CITATION diffusion code. The results showed good agreement with the reference. (author)

Part of:
European Research Reactor Conference (RRFM) 2015: Conference Proceedings

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.euronuclear.org/meetings/rrfm2015/transactions/RRFM2015-transactions-oral.pdf;

Publishing Information

Publisher
European Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Brussels (Belgium)
ISBN
978-92-95064-23-2
Imprint Title
European Research Reactor Conference (RRFM) 2015: Conference Proceedings
Imprint Pagination
667 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 291-300
Report number
INIS-BE--16M5628

Conference

Title
19. international topical meeting on Research Reactor Fuel Management (RRFM)
Acronym
RRFM 2015
Dates
19-23 Apr 2015
Place
Bucharest (Romania)

INIS

Country of Publication
Belgium
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47116429
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BERYLLIUM; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER CODES; CROSS SECTIONS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; HEAVY WATER; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; REACTOR KINETICS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; EVALUATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; KINETICS; LATIN AMERICA; MECHANICS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER

Optional Information

Notes
© European Nuclear Society, 2003; 8 refs., 7 figs., 6 tabs.
Secondary number(s)
RRFM2015--A0055