• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.369-375
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• 1996

가압경수로의 기동과 냉각시 발생할 수 있는 저온과압사고는 원자로 압력용기의 취성파괴를 유발할 위험이 있다. 따라서 발전소는 저온과압을 방지하기 위해 기술지침서의 온도-압력 곡선을 토대로 운전온도에 따른 압력경계를 제한하고 있으며, 과압방지설비로 가압기 PORV나 잔열제거계통의 방출밸브를 갖추고 있다. 미 NRC에서는 GL90-06을 통해 저온과압사고에 대한 안전성 분석을 권고하고 있으며, 이에 따른 표준 기술 지침서를 제시하였다. 국내 가동 원자력발전소중 영광 3,4호기 이후에는 설계시 이를 반영하였으나, 타 발전소에는 반영되질 않았다. 이 논문에서는 이들 운전중인 가압경수로의 저온과압사고에 대한 안전성 분석을 수행하기 위해 개발한 안전성 평가 방법을 제시하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.71-76
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• 2019

Actual stress distributions in the nozzle of a pressure vessel may not be in plane strain condition, implying that the crack-tip constraint condition may be relaxed in the nozzle. In this paper, a methodology for evaluating the fracture toughness of the ASME Code is presented considering the relaxation of the constraint effect in the nozzle of the reactor pressure vessel. The crack-tip constraint effect is quantified by the T-stress. The equation, which represent the relation between the fracture toughness in the lower constraint condition and the plane strain fracture toughness, is derived using the T-stress. This equation is similar to the method for evaluating the fracture toughness of the Master Curve for low constraint conditions. As a result of evaluating the fracture toughness considering the constraint effect in the reactor inlet, outlet and direct injection nozzles using the proposed equation, it was confirmed that the fracture toughness in the nozzles is higher than the plane strain fracture toughness. Applying the proposed evaluation methodology, it is possible to reflect the relaxation of the constraint effect in the nozzles of the reactor pressure vessel, therefore, the safe operation area on the pressure-temperature limit curve can be prevented from being excessively limited.