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The operation control of a power plant maintains or changes the generator power or the volume of electricity supplied steadily to the grid system as appropriate. Various types of automatic control systems are installed to maintain the processing volume of the plant equipment stably within an appropriate range when the power plant is operated under operation control. The pressurized water reactor (PWR) has automatic control systems built for the reactor and turbine systems separately because the primary and secondary coolants of the reactor and turbine systems are separated from each other by the steam generator.
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Chapter 8 Exercises
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Explain why the reactor following system can be adopted for the power control system for the PWR.
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Quote two core reactivity control devices of the PWR, and explain the main purpose of their use.
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Explain why a compromized system harmonizing the constant steam pressure system and the constant T avg system has been adopted for the primary coolant average temperature program of the PWR.
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Explain when and how the reactor criticality operation is performed in the PWR plant startup operation.
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Explain the effect of the difference of the core life (beginning or end of life) on the plant behavior when the load fluctuates.
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Miyake, S., Inoue, T., Hanada, S. (2013). Actual Operation and Control of Pressurized Water Reactor. In: Oka, Y., Suzuki, K. (eds) Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control. An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54195-0_8
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