Numerical analysis of the 8-tube hydraulic fuel assembly of an IRT-T research reactor

Perspectives on minimal optimization of risk management claims as an advent research area. It is necessary to minimize emergency risks and improve system reliability in the nuclear industries. Accordingly, research-based development is concerned with risk-related problems, such as handling safety and hazardous conditions. The present study combines experimental estimation and simulation of the research reactor type (IRT) using parameters commonly used in hydraulic tests. Data were taken from an 8tube IRT-3M hydraulic simulation with 8 IRT-3M fuel pooling tubes. ANSYS was used to develop a simulation of hydraulic fuel assembly tubes. Furthermore, experimental results were used to verify the ANSYS codes, and coolant speeds within the gaps in the fuel assembly were calculated.