• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 34, Issue 2, 026004 (2022)
Jinggang Li, Chao Wang, Jun Chen, and Jinghan Peng
Author Affiliations
  • China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518000, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.210378 Cite this Article
    Jinggang Li, Chao Wang, Jun Chen, Jinghan Peng. Development and verification of fuel assembly bowing model in software package PCM[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(2): 026004 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The fuel assemblies bow with different stresses in the PWR reactor core and this phenomenon can significantly affect the local neutron moderation in the reactor core. Based on the CGN’s in-house software package PCM, which is composed of the fuel assembly neutron cross section software PINE and the core design software COCO, this study developed a specific model for fuel assembly bowing to analyze the impact on local power distribution, and compared the results with that of the Monto Carlo code JMCT. The study shows that the results of fuel assembly bowing model in PCM have good consistency with those of JMCT, and that PCM is valid in fuel assembly bowing analysis. The fuel assembly bowing has a significant impact on core local power distribution. This phenomenon shall be specially considered in the PWR reactor design.
    Jinggang Li, Chao Wang, Jun Chen, Jinghan Peng. Development and verification of fuel assembly bowing model in software package PCM[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(2): 026004
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