role of passive safety systems in chinese nuclear power development被动安全系统的作用在中国核电的发展.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations Volume 2009, Article ID 573026, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2009/573026 Review Article Role of Passive Safety Systems in Chinese Nuclear Power Development X. Cheng,1 Y. H. Yang,1 Y. Ouyang,2 and H. X. Miao2 1 School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuan Road 800, Shanghai 200240, China 2 Experts Committee, State Nuclear Power Technology Cooperation, 17 Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100032, China Correspondence should be addressed to X. Cheng, chengxu@ Received 14 November 2008; Accepted 9 April 2009 Recommended by Dino A. Araneo Passive safety systems have been widely applied to advanced water-cooled reactors, to enhance the safety of nuclear power plants. The ambitious program of the nuclear power development in China requires reactor concepts with high safety level. For the near-term and medium-term, the Chinese government decided for advanced pressurized water reactors with an extensive usage of passive safety systems. This paper describes some important criteria and the development program of the Chinese large-scale pressurized water reactors. An overview on representative research activities and results achieved so far on passive safety systems in various institutions is presented. Copyright © 2009 X. Cheng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. Introduction In November 2007, China issued an ambitious program of