微型铅铋反应堆小型化与轻量化设计优化方法研究

Study on Optimization Methods for Miniaturization and Lightweight Design of Micro Lead-bismuth Cooled Reactor

  • 摘要: 微型铅铋反应堆在实现核能综合利用方面具有独特优势,是未来可移动能源供给技术的重要选项,其小型化和轻量化是提高铅铋核动力装置总体性能的源头和关键。本文针对微型铅铋反应堆小型化和轻量化设计优化中的多物理、多变量、多约束耦合影响难题,首先通过分析燃料/冷却剂、固体慢化剂/反射层材料对堆芯临界尺寸及质量的影响开展了燃料/材料选型,然后采用自主开发的铅铋反应堆多物理智能设计优化平台DOPPLER开展了堆芯多因素协同优化设计,提出了一种小型化与轻量化的5 MWt微型铅铋反应堆概念设计方案MILLER-5,堆内装载核燃料139.8 kg,功率密度为114.8 W/cm3,换料周期为1 000 d,堆芯具备平稳的反应性波动与平坦的功率分布,反应性系数均为负值,且稳态热工安全裕量较大。

     

    Abstract: Lead-bismuth cooled reactors utilizing liquid lead-bismuth as a coolant in the primary loop system are an advanced nuclear energy system with significant developmental prospects. Benefiting from the excellent neutronic properties, superior heat transfer performance, remarkable γ shielding, and containment capabilities for radioactive products of lead-bismuth materials, these reactors can achieve higher power densities and a simplified system design, making it feasible to develop small capacity, ultra-long-life micro reactors. Micro lead-bismuth cooled reactors have unique advantages in the comprehensive utilization of nuclear energy and are a crucial option for future mobile energy supply technologies. Their miniaturization and lightweight design are key to enhancing the overall performance of lead-bismuth nuclear power systems. This paper focused on the challenges of multi-physics, multi-variable, and multi-constraint coupling effects in the design optimization of miniaturization and lightweight of micro lead-bismuth cooled reactors. Initially, an analysis of the impact of fuel/coolant and solid moderator/reflector layer materials on the core’s critical dimensions and mass was conducted to guide fuel/material selection. Following this, the reactor core’s multi-factor synergistic optimization design was carried out using the self-developed DOPPLER platform for multi-physics intelligent design optimization of lead-bismuth cooled reactors. This led to the proposal of a miniaturized and lightweight 5 MWt micro lead-bismuth cooled reactor conceptual design scheme, MILLER-5, which also involved an assessment of the reactor core’s physical characteristics and steady-state thermal-hydraulic properties. MILLER-5 is loaded with 139.8 kg of PuN-ThN fuel, uses 208Pb-Bi as the coolant, and solid 208Pb as the reflector layer material. The fuel assemblies are surrounded by the solid moderator ZrH1.6 to enhance the initial keff of the core, thereby reducing the fuel load and core active zone volume. The core’s volume power density is 114.8 W/cm³, with a refueling cycle of 1 000 d. The reactor core features stable reactivity swing and a flat power distribution, with all reactivity coefficients being negative, and a substantial margin of steady-state thermal-hydraulic safety.

     

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