熱供給用超小型炉MR-1G炉心の核的検討

Neutronic study of a very small reactor MR-1G core for exclusive use of heat supply

小田野 直光; 石田 紀久; 落合 政昭

Odano, Naoteru; Ishida, Toshihisa; Ochiai, Masaaki

MR-1Gは都市のオフィスビルへの熱供給のための熱出力1MWtの超小型原子炉である。MR-1Gの炉心設計として、原子炉負荷率44%を仮定した場合に燃料無交換で10年間の長期炉心寿命を達成する炉心の核的検討を行った。燃料棒配置,U濃縮度について検討し、濃縮度を8.5wt%とすることで設計条件を満足できる炉心仕様を得た。種々の核的安全性にかかわるパラメータについて確認を行うとともに、反応度係数,出力分布等の核特性を評価し、設計条件を十分満足するものであることを明らかにした。また、受動的原子炉停止系に採用した反射体落下による炉停止性能の解析を行い、炉物理の観点から成立性を確認した。

A very small reactor, MR-1G with a thermal output of 1 MW, is the integral-pressurized type reactor to be used for heat supply to an office building in a city. Neutronic study has been carried out for design of the MR-1G, the core of which could achieve continuous long-term operation without refueling for 10 years assuming a load factor of the core of 44 %. In the present study, arrangement of fuel rods and U enrichment of UO fuel rods were surveyed as design parameters. The U enrichment was determined to be 8.5 wt% to satisfy design requirement. Reactor physics parameters including reactivity coefficients and power distributions were evaluated for the determined core specifications. Reactor physics parameters related to core safety were also analyzed. Results of the safety analysis indicated that the determined core specifications satisfied design conditions. Reactor shutdown performance by dropping the reflector, which was adopted as a passive reactor shutdown system, was analyzed and confirmed it's availability from a viewpoint of reactor physics.