Research Article

RELAP5 Foresight Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Hypothesis Passive Safety Injection System under LOCA for an Existing NPP in China

Table 1

Major parameters of reactor.

Reactor typeTwo-loop PWR

Thermal power (MW)966
Electricity power (MW)300
Steam generatorU-tube steam generators
Pressurizer pressure (MPa)15.2
Fuel assembly11  11
Core height (m)3.5
Cold leg temperature (°C)288.8
Hot leg temperature (°C)315.2
Core flow rate (one loop, kg/s)3333.3
SG pressure (MPa)5.2
SG steam flow rate (kg/s)259.9