Open AccessStability characteristics of the 500 mw Indian PFBR
Author(s) -
L Vijayan Anuraj,
S Goverapet Srinivasan,
K. Devan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp1502113a
Subject(s) - breeder (animal) , nuclear engineering , breeder reactor , transient (computer programming) , nyquist stability criterion , stability (learning theory) , transfer function , materials science , research reactor , computer science , physics , mathematics , engineering , nuclear physics , neutron , electrical engineering , blanket , operating system , parametric statistics , statistics , machine learning , composite material
After the successful operation of the fast breeder test reactor for over two decades, India is now nearing the completion of a 500 MW (electrical) prototype fast breeder reactor. This commercial scale power reactor is a sodium-cooled, pool-type, mixed-oxide fuelled fast reactor. The stability characteristics of the reactor are an important safety aspect to be studied. In the present work, linear stability of the prototype fast breeder reactor analysis is carried out using the transfer function method, while the stability of the system is checked via the Nyquist criteria. For the completeness of the study, transient analysis with various kinds of reactivity perturbations was carried out. The response of the system in both cases indicated that the system is stable