Understanding the reaction of nuclear graphite with molecular oxygen: Kinetics, transport, and structural evolution

JJ Kane, CI Contescu, RE Smith, G Strydom… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
For the next generation of nuclear reactors, HTGRs specifically, an unlikely air ingress
warrants inclusion in the license applications of many international regulators. Much …

[HTML][HTML] An equilibrium core depletion algorithm for pebble-bed reactors in the Griffin code

S Schunert, J Ortensi, Y Wang, P Balestra… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a novel deterministic equilibrium core pebble-bed depletion algorithm. It differs
from most other algorithms by distinguishing pebble age directly by burnup instead of using …

Thermal hydraulic simulation of reactor of HTR-PM based on thermal-fluid network and SIMPLE algorithm

Y Zhou, K Zhou, Y Ma, Z Sui - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper provides the model development and its verifications for the reactor thermal-
hydraulic transient model for the High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Pebble-bed Module …

Thermal hydraulic analysis of a pebble-bed modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor with ATTICA3D and THERMIX codes

Y Zheng, J Lapins, E Laurien, L Shi, Z Zhang - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Along with the further ongoing design procedures of a large demonstration power plant of
Chinese 200MWe high temperature gas-cooled reactor pebble-bed module (HTR-PM) …

Air ingress analysis of chimney effect in the 200 MWe pebble-bed modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor

Z Chen, X Chen, Y Zheng, J Sun, F Chen, L Shi… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
In a high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), one can postulate simultaneous ruptures
of the pressure boundary at points near the top and bottom of the reactor vessel. In this …

Study on the DLOFC and PLOFC accidents of the 200 MWe pebble-bed modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor with TINTE and SPECTRA codes

Y Zheng, MM Stempniewicz, Z Chen, L Shi - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Validation and verification (V&V) is important and receives significant attention during the
design and analysis of the nuclear power plant. As the first commercial modular high …

Gas-cooled high-temperature pebble-bed reactor reference plant model

MKM Jaradat, S Schunert, J Ortensi - 2023 - osti.gov
This report details a fully coupled neutronics thermal hydraulics reference plant model for a
gas-cooled high-temperature pebble-bed reactor. The multiphysics model is developed on …

Study on air ingress of the 200 MWe pebble-bed modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor

P Liu, Z Chen, Y Zheng, J Sun, F Chen, L Shi, F Li… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Air ingress, one of the beyond design basis accidents (BDBA) for high temperature gas-
cooled reactors (HTR), receives high attention during the design of the 200 MWe pebble …

[HTML][HTML] Steady-state thermal fluids analysis for the HTR-PM equilibrium core

F Chen, Z Han - International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor …, 2021 - Elsevier
The high temperature gas-cooled reactor-pebble bed module (HTR-PM), designed by the
Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University, is a …

A multi-region algorithm for N-TH coupling calculation and its application to nuclear thermal propulsion reactor

W Li, Q Xie, Q Pan, T Zhang, X Chai, X Liu - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Physical field mapping problem is generally faced in multi-physics coupling calculations,
and multi-region (usually divided by different physical properties) coupling further increases …