A Quantitative Evaluation of Chemical and Volume control System Design Simplification

Abstract

One of the important features of the advanced nuclear power plants is the system simplification. In this work, a model has been introduced to quantitatively evaluate the system simplification. A few models have been developed for quantitative evaluation of design simplification and the design enhancements of CVCS of the advanced reactors have been evaluated with models based on the entropy concept and the system availability. In addition, operational interface of CVCS with peripheral systems has been considered to develop a new evaluation model in this work. The quantification results for the design of the System 80+ and KSNPP indicate that the simplicity of the CVCS is primarily dependent on the type and number of charging pumps.