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A small break LOCA experiment (SB-PV-06) was conducted at the LSTF of ROSA-V program to study effects of rapid secondary depressuriza-tion action on core cooling as one of accident management (AM) measures for a PWR in case of high pressure injection system failure and non-condensable gas inflow from the accumulator injection system. The break simulated 10 instrument tubes rupture equivalent to 0.2% cold leg break. It was clarified through comparison with former experiments that (1) the depressurization initiated by detecting the vessel level below the primary loop (4545s) was degraded by the gas inflow resulting in whole core uncovery prior to the start of low pressure injection and (2) an alternative start of the depressurization by detecting level decrease at the SG outlet plenum (2330s), would limit the core uncovery suggesting more effective parameter for the AM measures. The report presents the experiment results with the effects of rapid depressurization initiation timing., A small break LOCA experiment (SB-PV-06) was conducted at the LSTF of ROSA-V program to study effects of rapid secondary depressuriza-tion action on core cooling as one of accident management (AM) measures for a PWR in case of high pressure injection system failure and non-condensable gas inflow from the accumulator injection system. The break simulated 10 instrument tubes rupture equivalent to 0.2% cold leg break. It was clarified through comparison with former experiments that (1) the depressurization initiated by detecting the vessel level below the primary loop (4545s) was degraded by the gas inflow resulting in whole core uncovery prior to the start of low pressure injection and (2) an alternative start of the depressurization by detecting level decrease at the SG outlet plenum (2330s), would limit the core uncovery suggesting more effective parameter for the AM measures. The report presents the experiment results with the effects of rapid depressurization initiation timing., 著者所属: 日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA), JAEA-Research 2007-037

A small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) experiment was conducted at the Large Scale Test Facility of ROSA-V program to study effects of accident management (AM) measures on core cooling, which are important in case of total failure of high pressure injection system during an SBLOCA at a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The experiment (SB-PV-04) simulating a PWR vessel bottom SBLOCA with a rupture of ten instrument-tubes clarified that rapid depressurization action by full-opening of relief valves and supplying auxiliary feedwater were effective to avoid core uncovery through actuation of low pressure injection system irrespective of significantly degraded depressurization by non-condensable gas inflow from the accumulator tanks. It is clarified that the effective core cooling was established by the rapid primary cooling which contributed to preserve larger primary coolant mass than in the previous experiment (SB-PV-03) which was conducted with smaller primary cooling rate of -55 K/h as another AM action and resulted in core heatup., A small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) experiment was conducted at the Large Scale Test Facility of ROSA-V program to study effects of accident management (AM) measures on core cooling, which are important in case of total failure of high pressure injection system during an SBLOCA at a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The experiment (SB-PV-04) simulating a PWR vessel bottom SBLOCA with a rupture of ten instrument-tubes clarified that rapid depressurization action by full-opening of relief valves and supplying auxiliary feedwater were effective to avoid core uncovery through actuation of low pressure injection system irrespective of significantly degraded depressurization by non-condensable gas inflow from the accumulator tanks. It is clarified that the effective core cooling was established by the rapid primary cooling which contributed to preserve larger primary coolant mass than in the previous experiment (SB-PV-03) which was conducted with smaller primary cooling rate of -55 K/h as another AM action and resulted in core heatup., 著者所属: 日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA), JAEA-Research 2006-018

A small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) experiment was conducted at the Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF) of ROSA-V program to study effects of accident management (AM) measures on core cooling, which are important in case of total failure of high pressure injection (HPI) system during an SBLOCA at a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The LSTF is a full-height and 1/48 volume-scaled facility simulating a 4-loop Westing-house-type PWR (3423 MWt). The experiment, SB-PV-05, simulated a PWR vessel bottom SBLOCA with a rupture of nine instrument tubes, which is equivalent to 0.18% cold leg break. It is clarified that AM actions with steam generator (SG) depressurization to achieve a primary loop cooling rate at -55 K/h and auxiliary feedwater supply for 30 minutes are effective to avoid core uncovery by actuating the low pressure injection (LPI) system. It is also shown through the comparison with the previous experiment of SB-PV-03 that prevention of non-condensable gas inflow from the accumulator injection system (AIS) is very important to actuate the LPI to achieve adequate core cooling. This report presents experiment results of SB-PV-05 in detail and shows the effects of gas inflow prevention on core cooling through the estimation of primary coolant mass and energy balance in the primary system., A small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) experiment was conducted at the Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF) of ROSA-V program to study effects of accident management (AM) measures on core cooling, which are important in case of total failure of high pressure injection (HPI) system during an SBLOCA at a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The LSTF is a full-height and 1/48 volume-scaled facility simulating a 4-loop Westing-house-type PWR (3423 MWt). The experiment, SB-PV-05, simulated a PWR vessel bottom SBLOCA with a rupture of nine instrument tubes, which is equivalent to 0.18% cold leg break. It is clarified that AM actions with steam generator (SG) depressurization to achieve a primary loop cooling rate at -55 K/h and auxiliary feedwater supply for 30 minutes are effective to avoid core uncovery by actuating the low pressure injection (LPI) system. It is also shown through the comparison with the previous experiment of SB-PV-03 that prevention of non-condensable gas inflow from the accumulator injection system (AIS) is very important to actuate the LPI to achieve adequate core cooling. This report presents experiment results of SB-PV-05 in detail and shows the effects of gas inflow prevention on core cooling through the estimation of primary coolant mass and energy balance in the primary system., 著者所属: 日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA), JAEA-Research 2006-072