Principle Design of Graphite Components for HTTR and R&D on Nuclear Graphite for HTGR in JAEA

Abstract:

Nuclear energy is one of the most promising energy sources to satisfy energy security, environmental protection, and efficient supply. The High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) has attractive inherent safety features and it can be used as many kinds of heat applications such as hydrogen production, electricity generation, process heat supply, district heating and desalination. Many countries, especially developing countries, show their interests in HTGR. Graphite materials are used for the core components of the HTGR. IG-110 graphite, fine-grained isotropic graphite, with high strength and high oxidation resistance is used in the High temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and High Temperature Reactor-Pebble-bed Modules (HTR-PM) in China. IG-110 graphite is a major candidate for the core graphite components of the Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) which is one of HTGRs and one of the most promising candidates as the Generation-IV nuclear reactor systems. This paper describes design of core components of HTTR and R&D on nuclear graphite for HTGR. JAEA established the graphite structural design code and inspection standard of graphite to construct the HTTR. JAEA developed an in-service inspection method and a draft graphite structural design code for future HTGR on the basis of the HTTR technologies. Moreover, JAEA are now developing the design data base of IG-110 graphite and IG-430 graphite including irradiation data for HTGR.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 697)
• Pages: 797-806
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.697.797
• Online since: July 2016
• Authors: Junya Sumita*, Taiju Shibata, Tatsuo Iyoku, Masahiro Ishihara, Tetsuo Nishihara
• Keywords: Graphite, Graphite Structural Design Code, HTGR, HTTR, IG-110, IG-430, VHTR

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