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The U.S. reference design for the Supercritical Water Reactor concept
of the Generation IV program includes a large fraction of the coolant
being diverted downward through water rods in the assembly, acting
first as a moderator and then mixing with the remaining coolant in the
lower plenum before flowing up the assembly to remove heat from the
fuel pins.
This project involves updating existing LWR reactor analysis tools, specifically PARCS-RELAP, to perform important analyses of the performance of supercritical water reactors of this design. PublicationsP.P.H. Wilson, P. Hu, "Accounting for Moderator Heating in Supercritical Water Reactor Analysis" Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 92, (2005)Taek K. Kim, Paul P.H. Wilson, Po Hu, Rachna Jain, "Feasibility and Configuration of a Mixed Spectrum Supercritical Water Reactor," PHYSOR 2004, Chicago, IL, April 25-29, 2004.
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People• Po Hu• Tracy Radel
Collaborations• Purdue University |