The effect of reactor parameters on AGR refuelling at Hinkley Point B

Christopher Wallace; Graeme West; Stephen Mcarthur; Dave Towle; Jim Reed

The effect of reactor parameters on AGR refuelling at Hinkley Point B

Christopher Wallace, Graeme West, Stephen Mcarthur, Dave Towle, Jim Reed

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Abstract

It has been proposed that various reactor parameters, including temperature and pressure, could affect the measured load of fuel assemblies during refueling at the Hinkley Point B Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor. After processing station logs and matching the appropriate parameter values to a specific refueling event it was found that there is no detectable correlation between deviations in the measured load and the vessel pressure or the temperatures of various core regions. There is however a strong correlation however between the Dome Differential Pressure and deviation in the measured load relative to the absolute assembly weight, of up to 100kg.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Securing the safe performance of graphite reactor cores
Editors	Gareth Neighbour
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Pages	210-220
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9781847559135
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2009
Event	Securing the Safe Performance of Graphite Reactor Cores - Nottingham, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Nov 2009 → 26 Nov 2009

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Conference	Securing the Safe Performance of Graphite Reactor Cores
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Nottingham
Period	24/11/09 → 26/11/09

Keywords

reactor parameters
AGR
hinkley point b

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