Operating Experience with the EBR-II Fuel Cycle Facility Inert Atmosphere Cell

Holcomb, W.F.; Paige, D.M.; Coleman, L.F.

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“…erefore, PRIDE has a two-way argon delivery system for initial purging and regular operation. In the typical operation case, the port of the upper part of the cell becomes the [13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

Section: Case Study Of Existing Facility: Pridementioning

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Inerting Strategy for a Demonstration-Scale Hot Cell Facility Based on Experiences from Pilot-Scale Argon Cell Facility Operation and CFD Analysis

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Cho

et al. 2021

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

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Pyroprocessing is being developed at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), and in recent years, all process equipment required for integrated processes have been examined in the PyRoprocess-integrated Inactive DEmonstration (PRIDE) facility. Based on the successful operation of a pilot-scale facility, a conceptual design for this scale-up facility was actualized. Implementing a “demonstration-scale” hot cell facility is challenging as it is intended to supersede PRIDE and satisfy the increased requirements of larger-scale facilities. This study focused on an inerting strategy for a larger-scale (demonstration-scale) hot cell facility to achieve conditions equivalent to those in a pilot-scale gas-tight argon cell facility. The study applies the inerting strategy to a demonstration-scale hot cell facility beyond that of the currently existing pilot-scale hot cell facility and performs computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation with various flow rates to determine an appropriate approach for inerting the target facility. To this end, practical constraints on the simulation are introduced based on experiences from the existing pilot-scale facility. The results show that the purging flow rate should be accurately predicted, and a variable flow rate should be applied to achieve hot cell inerting effectively. The required purging time and amount of inerting source are essential factors in the larger-scale hot cell facility. The study results can be helpful in the design of large hot cell facilities operated under inert conditions.

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“…Facility names FCF [13,14] HFEF [15,16] ACPF [17,18] PRIDE [19] Target inlet, and the lower part of the cell becomes the outlet for the weight of argon (Figures 3 and 4). However, for an efficient initial purging of the cell space, the argon was supplied from the bottom outlet ports.…”

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Inerting Strategy for a Demonstration-Scale Hot Cell Facility Based on Experiences from Pilot-Scale Argon Cell Facility Operation and CFD Analysis

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Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

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Operating Experience with the EBR-II Fuel Cycle Facility Inert Atmosphere Cell

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Inerting Strategy for a Demonstration-Scale Hot Cell Facility Based on Experiences from Pilot-Scale Argon Cell Facility Operation and CFD Analysis

Inerting Strategy for a Demonstration-Scale Hot Cell Facility Based on Experiences from Pilot-Scale Argon Cell Facility Operation and CFD Analysis

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