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The influence of operational and water chemistry parameters on the deposits of corrosion products on fuel assemblies at nuclear power plants with VVER reactors

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The phenomenon involving a growth of pressure drop in the reactor core and redistribution of deposits in the reactor core and primary coolant circuit of a nuclear power station equipped with VVER-440 reactors is considered. A model is developed, the physicochemical foundation of which is based on the dependence of corrosion product transfer on the temperature and pH t value of coolant and on the correlation between the formation rate of corrosion products (Fe) (after subjecting the steam generators to decontamination) and rate with which they are removed from the circuit. The purpose of the simulation carried on the model is to predict the growth of pressure drop on the basis of field data obtained from nuclear power installations and correct the water chemistry (by adjusting the concentrations of KOH, H2, and NH3) so as to keep the pressure drop in the reactor at a stable level.

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  1. OAO All-Russia Design and Research Institute for Integrated Energy Technologies (VNIPIET), ul. Savushkina 82, St. Petersburg, 197183, Russia

    V. G. Kritskii, I. G. Berezina, Yu. A. Rodionov & A. V. Gavrilov

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Kritskii, I.G. Berezina, Yu.A. Rodionov, A.V. Gavrilov, 2011, published in Teploenergetika.

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Kritskii, V.G., Berezina, I.G., Rodionov, Y.A. et al. The influence of operational and water chemistry parameters on the deposits of corrosion products on fuel assemblies at nuclear power plants with VVER reactors. Therm. Eng. 58, 540–546 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601511070093

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