A fuel performance analysis code for a very high temperature gas-cooled reactor (VHTR) COPA (Coated Particle) is being developed at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). The COPA code consists of nine modules: BURN, TEMTR, TEMPEB, TEMBL, MECH, FAIL, FPREL, ABAQ, and MPRO. The BURN determines neutron flux and fluence at a location of a reactor core, and then calculates a fuel burnup, a fission rate per volume and a fission product inventory throughout a fuel particle and a fuel element. The TEMTR, TEMPEB and TEMBL calculate the temperature distributions in a coated fuel particle, a pebble and a fuel block by using a one-dimensional finite difference method, respectively. The MECH performs mechanical calculations on a coated fuel particle by using a finite element method. The FAIL performs probabilistic calculations to estimate the failure probabilities of the coating layers during an experiment or a reactor operation. The FPREL estimates the migrations of gaseous and metallic fission products through a fuel particle and a fuel element by using a one-dimensional finite difference method. The ABAQ performs the analysis of the crack and debonding in a coated fuel particle. The MPRO calculates the material properties of the kernel, low-density pyrocarbon, high-density pyrocarbon, silicon carbide, matrix graphite, and structural graphite. Each module is used to produce input data for other modules or is inserted into other modules. The COPA code is one of the computer codes taking part in the IAEA-CRP-6 benchmarking program. The stresses and failure fractions calculated by the COPA-MECH and COPA-FAIL showed good agreements with the results by the other countries’ codes. In order to establish a good database of the related material properties, KAERI is participating in an international irradiation experiment, is planning its own irradiation and post-irradiation experiments, and will perform ab-initio calculations on the fuel materials.
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Fourth International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology
September 28–October 1, 2008
Washington, DC, USA
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Development of a Fuel Performance Analysis Code COPA
Young Min Kim,
Young Min Kim
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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M. S. Cho,
M. S. Cho
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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Y. W. Lee,
Y. W. Lee
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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W. J. Lee
W. J. Lee
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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Young Min Kim
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
M. S. Cho
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
Y. W. Lee
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
W. J. Lee
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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HTR2008-58040, pp. 683-689; 7 pages
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July 1, 2009
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Kim, YM, Cho, MS, Lee, YW, & Lee, WJ. "Development of a Fuel Performance Analysis Code COPA." Proceedings of the Fourth International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology. Fourth International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology, Volume 2. Washington, DC, USA. September 28–October 1, 2008. pp. 683-689. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HTR2008-58040
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