Integral nuclear power reactor with natural coolant circulation. Investigation of passive RHR system
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[en] The development of a small power (up to 240 MWe) integral PWR for nuclear co-generation power plants has been carried out. The distinctive features of this advanced reactor are: primary circuit arrangement in a single pressure vessel; natural coolant circulation; passive safety systems with self-activated control devices; use of a second (guard) vessel housing the reactor; favourable conditions for the most severe accident management. A passive steam condensing channel has been developed which is activated by the direct action of the primary circuit pressure without an automatic controlling action or manual intervention for emergency cooling of an integral reactor with an in-built pressurizer. In an emergency situation as pressure rises in the reactor a self-activated device blows out non-condensable gases from the condenser tube bundle and returns them in the steam-condensing mode of the operation with the returing primary coolant condensate into the reactor. The thermo-physical test facility is constructed and the experimental development of the steam-condensing channels is performed aiming at the verification of mathematical models for these channels operation in integral reactors both at loss-of-heat removal and LOCA accidents. (orig.)
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ACCIDENTS, BOILERS, CONTROL, CONVECTION, COOLING SYSTEMS, ENERGY TRANSFER, ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, HEAT TRANSFER, POWER REACTORS, REACTOR ACCIDENTS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS, REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS, REACTORS, THERMAL REACTORS, VAPOR CONDENSERS, VAPOR GENERATORS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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