Seismic Response Analysis of Full-Scale Boiling Water Reactor Using Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method

• YOSHIMURA Shinobu

  Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

• KOBAYASHI Kei

  Nuclear Asset Management Department, Tokyo Electric Power Company

• AKIBA Hiroshi

  Allied Engineering Corporation, Toyosu Front

• SUZUKI Satoru

  Nuclear Plant Engineering Department, Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy

• OGINO Masao

  Information Technology Center, Nagoya University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 3 次元有限要素法による沸騰水型原子炉のフルスケール地震応答解析
• 3ジゲン ユウゲン ヨウソホウ ニ ヨル フットウスイガタ ゲンシロ ノ フルスケール ジシン オウトウ カイセキ

Abstract

  In this paper, we present the three-dimensional finite element seismic response analysis of the full-scale boiling water reactor BWR5 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant subjected to the Niigata-ken Chuetsu-Oki (NCO) earthquake that occurred on 16^th July 2007. During the earthquake, the automatic shutdown of the reactors was performed successfully. Although the monitored seismic acceleration significantly exceeded the design level, it was found through in-depth investigation that there was no significant damage of the reactor cores or other important systems, structures and components (SSCs). In the seismic design commonly used in Japan, a lumped mass model is employed to evaluate the seismic response of SSCs. Although the lumped mass model has worked well so far for a seismic proof design, more precise methods should be developed to understand response behaviors visually. In the present study, we propose the three-dimensional finite element seismic response analysis of the full-scale and precise BWR model in order to directly visualize the dynamic behaviors of this model. Through the comparison of the analysis results, we discuss the characteristics of both models. The stress values were also found to be generally under the design value.<br>

Journal

• Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan

  Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan 11 (3), 203-221, 2012

  Atomic Energy Society of Japan

Keywords

• 3-dimensional FE seismic response analysis
• parallel calculation
• BWR
• Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant
• lumped mass model
• seismic design

Details

• CRID: 1390001205186644224
• NII Article ID: 10030698963
• NII Article ID: 130002149418
• NII Book ID: AA11643165
• DOI: 10.3327/taesj.j11.045
• COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BC3sXjtVKrsQ%3D%3D
• ISSN: 21862931
• ISSN: 13472879
• NDL BIB ID: 023961640
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/023961640
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I023961640
• Text Lang: en
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