[비지니스코리아=윤영실 기자] Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is launching an international joint research at ATLAS to verify the safety of nuclear power plants organized by the Nuclear Organization (NEA) under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Six organizations, including KHNP, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Technology, KEPCO, and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, decided to join forces on the 3rd OECD/NEA ATLAS international joint research at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on the 7th. A consortium agreement was signed for research
Following the successful completion of the first (14-17 years) and the second (17-20 years) of the OECD/NEA ATLAS international joint research, the third international joint research will 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.
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 in a nuclear power plant can be tested at the same pressure and temperature as the actual nuclear power plant. In addition, since an electric heating rod is used instead of uranium fuel, various accidents can be implemented without fear of radiation leakage.
In particular, in this third international joint 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, which was first adopted. The APR1000’s passive auxiliary water supply system was developed by KHNP, and it is driven by natural forces such as gravity, so it is the latest system that can safely cool the nuclear power plant even when all external power sources are lost, such as in Fukushima.
As the passive auxiliary water supply system demonstration experiment is adopted as an international joint research experiment item, it is expected that the excellence of the new safety concept will 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.
Han Suwon President Jeong Jae-hoon said, “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.” “Based on the excellent safety of APR1000 verified through various international joint researches. As a result, we will do our best to win an order for a new nuclear power plant project in the Czech Republic.”
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