Analysis of fuel assemblies inclination due to upper core support plate deflection for reactivity evaluation

反応度評価のための上部炉心支持板たわみによる燃料集合体傾き解析

吉村 一夫; 堂田 哲広  ; 井川 健一*; 上羽 智之 ; 田中 正暁  ; 根本 俊行*

Yoshimura, Kazuo; Doda, Norihiro; Igawa, Kenichi*; Uwaba, Tomoyuki; Tanaka, Masaaki; Nemoto, Toshiyuki*

上部炉心支持板のたわみによる反応度添加の可能性を調べるため、EBR-IIにおける燃料集合体と炉心支持板を含む領域の構造解析と燃料集合体の傾きによる反応度評価を実施した。その結果、低流量時の上部炉心支持板は高流量時に比べて下向きのたわみが大きくなり、燃料集合体の傾きにより正の反応度が入ることが示唆された。

To investigate possibility of the insertion of the reactivity by the deflection of the upper core support plate, structural mechanics analyses of the domain consisting of the fuel assemblies and core support plates and evaluation of the reactivity due to the inclination of the fuel assemblies in EBR-II were carried out. As a result, it was indicated that the upper core support plate deflected downward larger at the low flowrate condition than that at the high flowrate condition and positive reactivity was inserted due to the inclination of the fuel assemblies at the low flowrate condition.