ABWRs reactors

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The 1,356 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactor was jointly developed by General Electric, Hitachi, and Toshiba and BWR suppliers based on world experience with the previous BWRs. Tokyo Electric Power operates two ABWRs as units 6 and 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. Features of the ABWR are (Wilkins, 19921 ... 

In the past 20 years, several advanced versions of the LWR, collectively called ALWRs, have been designed, but only one type has been built the advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR), which was built in Japan. New versions of light-water reactors are now under review for safety certification by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC). It is expected that a high-temperature helium-cooled reactor, if built in South Africa, would become of interest to U.S. utilities and would also be reviewed by the USNRC for certification. 

The goals of this development were (1) Enhanced safety and reliability, (2) Reduced occupational radiation exposure and radioactive waste, (3) Enhanced operability and maneuverability and (4) Improved economy. Significant improvements were induced by the adoption of the reactor internal pump, fine motion control rod drive mechanism, integral type reinforced concrete containment vessel and digital control system. Cross-section of reactor buildings for 1100MW(e)-class BWR and ABWR are described in Figure 2. 

After LWRs have been established in society as the commercial reactors, more improvements are planned to produce advanced PWRs (APWRs) and advanced BWRs (ABWRs) for higher safety and better economy. 

ABWR 1996 Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6 Reactor internal pumpw Fine-motion control rod drives Advanced control room, digital and flber optic technology Improved ECCS high/low pressure flooders... 

The ABWR design enhancements include elimination of the external recirculation loops and pumps and installation of reactor internal pumps (Figure 3.10). The ESBWR transitions... 

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GE Nuclear Energy Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR, 1350 MW ) design approved in July 1994 and certified in May 1997... 

The core shroud separates the upward flow of coolant through the reactor core from the downward recirculation flow. The core shroud is an assembly of cylinders fabricated from rolled and welded stainless steel plate material, which encompasses the reactor core as shown in Figure 2-15. For the replaced core shrouds of Japanese BWRs and the ABWR core shrouds, a forged ring material is used to decrease the weld lines. Typical core shroud weld locations are shown in Figure 2-15. Shell sections are normally solution heat treated, cold formed and joined with longitudinal and circumferential welds. The steam separator/shroud... 

The reactor building volume is reduced remarkably by the compact PCV. The reactor building volume of a 300 MW(e) CCR is approximately 27% of that of a 1350 MW(e) ABWR. Assuming building volume proportional to power output, the building volume of a 300 MW(e) reactor becomes 22% of that in a 1350 MW(e) power plant, which is well matched by the CCR. As for the reactor building volume, economy of scale is almost overcome in the CCR. 

Figures X-11 and X-12 show the arrangements of the reactor building (R/B) and the turbine building (T/B) in the small RMWR as compared with the conventional ABWR of 1,356 MW(e), respectively. The reactor building design is improved by the simplified system composition based on the introduction of passive features. The reactor pressure vessel is located in the lower level, and hence, the design is also improved from the seismic point of view. The R/B volume and the T/B volume of the small RMWR are expected to achieve a capacity reduction of about 45% and about 37% compared with those of the ABWR.

FIG. X-11. Comparison of reactor buildings between small RMWR and ABWR. 

Actually, first two Generation III+reactors put into operation (ie, commercial start ) were advanced BWRs (ABWRs) at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa NPP (Kishiwazaki, Nigata, Japan) in 1996 (reactor supplier Toshiba/GE) and in 1997 (reactor supplier Hitachi/GE). 

ABWR Toshiba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and Hitachi-GE (Japan—United States the only Generation III + reactor design already implemented in the power industry)... 

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