BEPU analysis of an Upgraded ICE facility test by TRACE/DAKOTA coupling

The Ingress of Coolant Event (ICE) in the plasma chamber is one of the safety issues in fusion nuclear plants. The best estimate thermal-hydraulic system codes adopted to perform deterministic safety analysis should be validated against the phenomena typical of accidental transients in fusion instal...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2024-01, Vol.2685 (1), p.12055
Main Authors: Bersano, A., Agnello, G., Di Maio, P. A., Grippo, G., Mascari, Fulvio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chambers
Code accuracy
DAKOTA
Figure of merit
Hydraulic equipment
Ingress of Coolant Event
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear safety
Parameter uncertainty
Probabilistic methods
Statistical analysis
TRACE
Uncertainty Analysis
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Summary:The Ingress of Coolant Event (ICE) in the plasma chamber is one of the safety issues in fusion nuclear plants. The best estimate thermal-hydraulic system codes adopted to perform deterministic safety analysis should be validated against the phenomena typical of accidental transients in fusion installations. TRACE (TRAC/RELAP Advanced Computational Engine), best estimate thermal-hydraulic system code developed by USNRC, has been adopted to simulate an ICE. The calculated results have been compared to the experimental data obtained in one test performed in the upgraded Integrated ICE facility at JAERI. In this updated configuration the pressure suppression system is connected to the top of the plasma chamber instead of the bottom of the vacuum vessel. The facility nodalization has been developed in the SNAP environment/architecture. To qualify the code and the nodalization, an accuracy evaluation has been performed both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view. Then, considering the presence of some uncertainties in the input-deck development, an uncertainty analysis has been carried out. The probabilistic method to propagate the input uncertainties has been selected and the analysis has been carried out with the DAKOTA toolkit coupled with TRACE code in SNAP. In the uncertainty analysis, some relevant statistical parameters have been considered to characterize the dispersion of the results and the correlation between the uncertain input parameters selected and the PC pressure chosen as figure of merit.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/2685/1/012055