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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
Eun-Hye Lee, Hoe-Yeol Kim, Dong-Wook Jerng (Chung-Ang Univ), Tae Woon Kim (KAERI)
Proceedings | 2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2018) | Charlotte, NC, April 8-11, 2018 | Pages 310-317
When a severe accident occurs, steam, hydrogen, non-condensable gas, and radioactive materials are generated and released from reactor coolant system (RCS) to containment atmosphere resulting in increase of containment pressure. The generation of steam and noncondensable gas could affect containment integrity which is a final barrier of radioactivity release. To prevent overpressurization of containment and to reduce the amount of radionuclides release to the environment, the concept of Filtered Containment Venting System (FCVS) is adopted. However, the operation of FCVS is needed to be careful because it emits radioactive materials into the atmosphere which can affect to the public and environment ultimately. Especially, the Cesium (Cs) could have a major impact on human health and ground contamination. In addition, the effects of FCVS differs depending on accident scenarios and venting strategies. Therefore, in this paper, the effects of FCVS operating strategies on the Cesium during severe accidents are analyzed. Consequently, this study suggests the optimum venting strategies of FCVS in order to minimize the amount of Cs released to the environment.