Computational Analysis of the Shutdown of One MCP of VVER-1000 During Operation of the Reactor Facility at Nominal Power
Abstract
The article considers results of the computational analysis of process with a disturbance in the operation of VVER-1000 reactor facility, caused by the de-energizing of a single Main Circulation Pump (MCP-195).
Calculations of de-energizing of the MCP were made with the CORSAR/GP software package developed by Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Alexandrov RESE". This software package is a contour code which allows making calculations of emergency situations taking into account the operation of various systems, including safety systems. CORSAR/GP is certified and verified for facilities with water-cooled reactors including VVER-1000.
Developed nodalization scheme (computational scheme) of the first circuit of VVER-1000 allows adding or excluding the operation of protective safety systems and can also be used for a computational analysis of other disturbances of normal operation.
To perform the calculations parameters of the core were chosen to ensure conservative results for the parameters determining the current state of the reactor facility (fuel temperature, boiling point, etc.).
The computational analysis showed that in case of de-energizing of a single MCP when the reactor is operated at nominal power criteria describing the safety of the facility are fulfilled, protective automatic actions of safety systems transfer the reactor facility to a controlled safe state.
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