Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Sung-Jae Yi

Hyun Sik Park

Rae-Joon Park

Ki Yong Choi

Chul-Hwa Song

Kwang Soon Ha

Sung Won Bae

Seong-Wan Hong

Sung Uk Ryu

A heat transferring device including a heater, a cooler, and a recoverer may be provided. The heater may be configured to heat a first liquid working fluid and change the first liquid working fluid to a gaseous working fluid. The cooler may be configured to cool the gaseous working fluid supplied from the heater and change the gaseous working fluid supplied from the heater to a second liquid working fluid. The recoverer may be configured to enable the second liquid working fluid from the cooler to move to the heater. Accordingly, the second liquid working fluid of the cooler may be movable in an upward direction and then recoverable using gravity, without a separate power source.

Heat transferring device with a working fluid in a closed loop utilizing gravity and pressure

A passive cooling system for a nuclear reactor includes an energy release space in which a reactor vessel is accommodated, an energy absorbing space separated from the energy release space, and an energy transfer space above the energy absorbing space and configured to absorb and cool heat transferred from the reactor vessel and discharge the absorbed heat to an outside of the system through an outer wall thereof. The passive cooling system further includes a first cooling flow path configured to transfer the heat in the reactor vessel to the energy transfer space, a pressure balance pipe configured to transfer the pressure in the energy release space to the energy absorbing space therethrough, and a coolant spray pipe configured to transfer the cooling water in the energy absorbing space pressurized by the pressure balance pipe to the energy transfer space may be provided.

Passive cooling structure for nuclear reactor

There is provided a cooling apparatus for a molten core material, including: two or more cooling material containers disposed under a reactor vessel including a nuclear reactor core and including a cooling material therein; a first screen disposed under the two or more cooling material containers and including two or more first through-holes; and a second screen disposed under the first screen and including two or more second through-holes, wherein an average size of the two or more first through-holes is greater than an average size of the two or more second through-holes.

Cooling apparatus for molten core material

The application provides a self-diagnosis and accident-handling unmanned nuclear reactor, which: can passively cool down excessively generated heat without an operation of an operator when a malfunction of the nuclear reactor has occurred, wherein a cooling operation for safety measures can be carried out in a completely passive manner without a separate control command by a change in environmental conditions such as the structure and pressure of the nuclear reactor; and has a simpler structure compared to that of a conventional nuclear reactor safety system. It also provides a self-diagnosis and accident-handling unmanned nuclear reactor, which performs heat exchange by using a two-phase heat transfer mechanism, wherein heat exchange performance is maximized by introducing a spray-type heat exchanger having an optimized structure in which channels are three-dimensionally arranged, and can also easily and passively control heat exchange without a separate control means by using saturated steam pressure.

Self-diagnosis and accident-handling unmanned nuclear reactor

Provided are a nuclear reactor and an operating method for the reactor. The reactor includes a driving system and a safety system. The safety system includes isolation vessels, heat exchangers, a coolant pipe, and a communication pipe. Fluid is distributed in the safety system according to thermal, pressure, and leak conditions.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Sung-Jae Yi