Guidance for developing fuel design limit of high temperature gas-cooled reactor
高温ガス炉における燃料設計限度の考え方
佐藤 博之 ; 青木 健 ; 大橋 弘史
Sato, Hiroyuki; Aoki, Takeshi; Ohashi, Hirofumi
本報告では、HTTR建設を通じて得られた知見に基づき作成した、実用高温ガス炉の燃料設計限度の考え方を提示する。燃料設計限度は、評価指標とこれに対応する判断基準で構成される。はじめに、日本原子力学会研究専門委員会で作成された、実用高温ガス炉の安全要件とこれを満足する設計要求事項に適合する評価指標を選定した。次に、規制要求事項に加えて、放射性物質の閉じ込めに係る物理障壁の性能や放射性物質の閉じ込めを保証する計測制御系の性能を考慮した判断基準策定の手順を決定した。検討の結果、安全上の要求事項を網羅しつつ、合理的な燃料破損率を考慮可能な燃料設計限度の考え方が提示された。
The present study aims to propose a guidance that facilitates to determine fuel design limits of commercial HTGR on the basis of licensing experience through the HTTR construction. The guidance consists of a set of FOMs and a process to determine their evaluation criteria. The FOMs are firstly identified to satisfy safety requirements and a basic concept of safety guides established in a special committee under the AESJ with the support of the Research Association of High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Plant. The development process for the evaluation criteria takes into account not only the top-level regulatory criteria but also design dependent constraints including the performance of fission product containment in physical barriers other than fuel, fuel qualification criteria, design specifications of an instrumentation and control system. As a result, a comprehensive and transparent procedure for designers of prismatic-type commercial HTGR has been developed.