Abstract:
The passive core cooling system is used in AP1000 to mitigate the small break loss of coolant accident (SBLOCA). The RELAP5/MOD3.3 code is generally applicable to the traditional NPP SBLOCA research, but for the passive NPP SBLOCA, its applicability will need further study and evaluation. Based on the analysis of the important phenomenon of the SBLOCA of the passive NPP, the RELAP5/MOD3.3 code was assessed and modified. In order to verify the applicability of the modified RELAP5/MOD3.3 code, the DBA-02 and NRC-05 cases of APEX-1000 which was the test facility for verifying AP1000 small break loss of coolant accident, were simulated. It shows good agreement between the results of the modified RELAP5/MOD3.3 code and experiment data.