3RIP trip startup test simulation of TRACE/PARCS model for Lungmen ABWR under different power and flow conditions

Abstract Lungmen nuclear power plant project started long time ago, it is not yet commercially operated but Taiwan Power Company has already prepared for its startup tests. 3RIP trip startup test is one of them. Three of the 10 RIPs will be manually tripped in the test. Response of the plant for this transient will be watched and recorded to check if the test criteria are satisfied. This paper is a result of code simulation of 3RIP trip startup test of Lungmen ABWR nuclear power plant. Thermal hydraulic code TRACE coupled with neutronics code PARCS were used to build the simulation model of Lungmen nuclear power plant. Startup tests under different plant power and flow conditions are considered in this research. A sensitivity study on the impact of different pump moment of inertia has been performed. Simulation results with TRACE and PARCS shows that the acceptance criteria for this startup test can be satisfied and the impact of different pump inertia is little.