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Conference Article: Results of assembly test of HTTR reactor internals

Maruyama, S.; Saikusa, A.; Shiozawa, S. (Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Ibaraki (Japan)); Tsuji, N.; Miki, T. (Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., Kawasaki, Kanagawa (Japan))

Abstract

The assembly test of the HTTR actual reactor internals had been carried out at the works, prior to their installation in the actual reactor pressure vessel(RPV) at the construction site. The assembly test consists of several items such as examining fabricating precision of each component and alignment of piled-up structures, measuring circumferential coolant velocity profile in the passage between the simulated RPV and the reactor internals as well as under the support plates, measuring by-pass flow rate through gaps between the reactor internals, and measuring the binding force of the core restraint mechanism. Results of the test showed good performance of the HTTR reactor internals. Installation of the reactor internals in the actual RPV was started at the construction site of HTTR in April, 1995. In the installation process, main items of the assembly test at the works were repeated to investigate the reproducibility of installation.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Specialists meeting on graphite moderator lifecycle behaviour. Bath (United Kingdom). 24-27 Sep 1995.
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--901, pp:105-116