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Design study on a fuel handling system in a sodium cooled reactor; Study in FY2004 (Joint research)

Chikazawa, Yoshitaka  ; Usui, Shinichi; Konomura, Mamoru; Ikeda, Hirotsugu

In the feasibility study on commercialized fast breeder cycle system, fuel handling systems for sodium cooled reactors has been studied. In FY 2004 study, a fuel handling system with an EVST for a twin large scale reactor power plant is designed and key issues about the system are identified. A manipulator type fuel handling machine suitable for the upper internal structure with a slit designed and seismic analyses show that it can treat spent fuels without interaction with upper internal structure in earthquakes. Fuel handling time is reduced adopting a sodium pot which can carry 2 subassemblies in onetime. Spent fuels are stored at an EVST while their decay heat are reduced to be 5kW/subassembly. A new fuel handling system for fuels with minor actinide is designed considering 1kW/subassembly heat and shielding. A innovative concept without an EVST is also studied. A fuel handling system adopting fuel transfer without a sodium pot is constructed to reduce material mass. A fuel handling system for a metal fuel reactor plant has been design. From the result of a survey on a gas storage, a water pool storage with helium cans and EVST, a system with EVST is selected because of its economical and safety advantage. Fuel handling condition is briefly reviewed considering commercialized reactor fuel specifications such as minor actinide content and ODS cladding.

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