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Confidence in ESBWR
Safety Features
INPRO Dialogue Forum
November 19-23, 2013
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Gary Miller Senior Application Engineer
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IN 2.1.4: Confidence in innovative components and approaches
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AL 2.13: “Before the introduction or enhancement
of inherent safety characteristics and use of
passive safety systems the validity of these approaches has been established by appropriate
RD&D programs.”
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PCCS heat exchanger test
IC/PCC POOLS
DW2
GDCS POOL
WW2
WETWELLWW1
RPV
DRYWELLDW1
GIST facility
Isolation Condenser Testing
BDL
BREAK
LOWER
DRYWELL
HORIZONTAL
VENT (1 OF 2)
GDCS INJECTION
LINE (1 OF 4)
UPPER
DRYWELL
VACUUM BREAKER
(GDLB TESTS ONLY)
MSL
BREAK
REACTOR
PRESSURE
VESSEL
DEPRESSURIZATION
LINE (1 OF 2)
WETWELL
Panda Full Height Containment Test facility
WW to DW Vacuum Breaker
ESBWR … ‘Proven’ innovation drywell to wetwell
vacuum breaker test Depressurization Valve
test
BiMAC testing
fuel – modified
GNF2
natural circulation proven at Dodewaard
FMCRDs from ABWR
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Depressurization Valve (DPV)
DPV Under Test at Wyle Laboratories
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GDCS Integrated System Testing (GIST)
• GDCS is a new feature; extensive testing
• Integrated systems testing performed
• Full-scale in vertical direction
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PCCS Heat Exchanger Test
PCCS is new feature; extensive testing
PCCS heat exchanger testing was done in Italy in same facility used for ICS HX testing
Because of lower power, both halves of full-size unit could be tested
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PCCS Heat Exchanger Integral Testing
Integral systems testing performed in Japan and
Switzerland
Full-scale in vertical direction
Paul Scherrer Institute
(PSI), Switzerland
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Isolation Condenser Testing
ICs are used in BWR/2s & 3s
• Dresden 2/3
• Oyster Creek
• Nine Mile 1
• Tube and shell configuration
ESBWR is same in principle, but different geometry
• One full-scale half unit tested
over wide range of operating
conditions
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