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Analysis Of Main Steam Line Break Accident Inside Containment On PWR

ANALYSIS OF MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK ACCIDENT INSIDE CONTAINMENT ON PWR

Andi Sofrany Ekariansyah
PTRKN-BATAN, Puspiptek Serpong, Tangerang

ABSTRACT
ANALYSIS OF MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK ACCIDENT INSIDE CONTAINMENT ON PWR.
An analysis of main steam line break (MSLB) accident on PWR using RELAP/SCDAP/Mod3.4 code has been done. Accident analysis is important to be performed because it is contained in the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) before the nuclear power plant construction for assessing the safety of reactor facility. The purposes of analysis are to know the accident sequence characteristics and any parameter changes important for safety. A typical Japanese PWR with 1160 MWe output is used as reference. One main steam pipe located at one loop inside the containment is assumed to experience a double-ended steam pipe break. Analysis is performed by assuming all MSIVs are failed to close. The results show that the core cool down only causes a little increase of core reactivity. The contraction of primary system also causes a decrease of pressurizer water level down to the upper dome of reactor vessel and voids at core channel, which is disappeared along with the safety injection from ECCS. Beside that, there is an increase of containment pressure up to the design pressure, which shown the importance of containment cooling system. Therefore, the effect of main steam line break is more significant on the safety of containment.

Keywords: Main steam line break, inside containment, RELAP5/SCDAP/Mod3.4
Proceeding Seminar Nasional Ke-15 "TEKNOLOGI DAN KESELAMATAN PLTN SERTA FASILITAS NUKLIR", Surakarta, 17 Oktober 2009

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