When the water level of the reactor pool descends to an extremely low level due to a loss of reactor pool water accident in HANARO, a multi-purpose research reactor of a 30 MWth, the emergency water stored in the tank should be fed to the core by a gr...
When the water level of the reactor pool descends to an extremely low level due to a loss of reactor pool water accident in HANARO, a multi-purpose research reactor of a 30 MWth, the emergency water stored in the tank should be fed to the core by a gravity force. Last year, the reactor pool water was temporarily transferred to the emergency cooling water storage tank. And the water level came down to EL 77.5 m, 0.4 m above the extremely low level to install the in-pile section of a Fuel Test Loop in the reactor core. When the water was re-transferred into the reactor pool, an emergency water injection test was performed. This paper describes the test results and a consideration of the results. It was confirmed through the test that the injection flow rate was maintained above the design injection flow rate by setting the flow control valve at 3.5 turns to a partially open position.