[세종=뉴스핌] Reporter Eun-Seok Lim = Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is launching an international joint research at Atlas (ATLAS) to verify the safety of nuclear power plants hosted by the Nuclear Organization (NEA) under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Six organizations, including KHNP and Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Technology, KEPCO, and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, signed a consortium agreement for the 3rd OECD/NEA ATLAS international joint research at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on the 7th.
Following the successful completion of the first (2014-2017) and second (2017-2020) OECD/NEA ATLAS international joint research, the third international joint research is scheduled to be conducted for a total of four years from this year to 2024. The 3rd international joint research will be participated by a total of 20 institutions in 12 countries, including the Czech Republic, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, UAE, and China, as well as traditional nuclear power plants such as the United States, France and Russia.
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| Six institutions, including Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, Korea Electric Power Technology, KEPCO, and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, signed a consortium agreement for the 3rd OECD/NEA ATLAS International Joint Research at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on the 7th. . [사진=한수원] 2021.04.07 [email protected] |
The OECD/NEA ATLAS international joint research conducts empirical tests to confirm the safety of nuclear power plants using the Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation (ATLAS) device, a “compressed hard water reactor thermal-hydraulic comprehensive effect test device” built by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute It is to do.
ATLAS is a new Korean light water reactor, APR1400, reduced to 1 in 288 in volume. All accidents, breakdowns, and operating conditions that may occur at a nuclear power plant can be tested at the same pressure and temperature as the actual nuclear power plant. Since an electric heating rod is used instead of uranium nuclear fuel, various accidents can be implemented without fear of radiation leakage.
In particular, in the 3rd joint international study, KHNP’s export-type nuclear power plant APR1000, which will participate in the Czech new nuclear power plant project, is planning to conduct an empirical experiment on the Passive Auxiliary Feedwater System first adopted by the APR1000.
The APR1000’s passive auxiliary water supply system was developed by KHNP. It is the latest system that can safely cool nuclear power plants even when all external power sources are lost, such as in Fukushima, as it is driven by natural forces such as gravity. As the passive auxiliary water supply system demonstration experiment is adopted as an international joint research experiment item, the excellence of the new safety concept is expected to be confirmed.
In addition, KHNP is expected to be able to internationally verify the excellence of the domestic nuclear power plant safety analysis program by using the domestic nuclear power plant safety analysis program (SPACE) developed with Korea’s own technology to analyze the data for this demonstration.
“This international joint research is a great opportunity to verify the excellent safety of the APR1000 nuclear power plant developed by KHNP through the participation of international experts,” said Han Suwon President Jeong Jae-hoon. “Based on the excellent safety of APR1000 verified through various international joint researches. “We will do our best to win orders for a new nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic.”