Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika

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Computer Simulation of Transport and Accumulation of Tritium and Carbon-14 in Technological Systems of Pressurized Water Reactors

9/20/2024 2024 - #03 Modelling processes at nuclear facilities

Bolotov A.A. Barchukov V.G. Galuzin A.S. Surin P.P. Kochetkov O.A. Eremina N.A.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2024.3.11

UDC: 614.876

The paper presents approaches to the development of a computing modulesoftwarein accordance with the simulation model of accumulation and distribution of tritium and carbon-14 in technological systems of pressurized water reactors (PWR), on the basis of which the methodology «Assessment of accumulation and distribution of H-3 and C-14 in technological systems of nuclear power plants» has been developed. The software algorithm has been built such that to reproduce the model described in the methodology accurately. The designations of the monitored parameters in the software were adopted as close as possible to the original methodology. Monitoring of parameter state is implemented by instances of special classes (basic element of object-oriented programming) that allow describing any calculated parameters based on three information classes, the program instances of which form a hierarchical structure. This made it possible to take advantage of the approaches and capabilities of object-oriented programming by allocating special methods for accessing parameters, as well as using parameter names and indexes to ensure their interaction and output the necessary information. In total, the software uses more than 400 parameters. The software structure makes it possible to simulate the propagation of tritium and carbon-14 in PWR technological systems by using a special task text file. The result of the calculation is two reports: the main (short) and technical (full).

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radiation safety simulation model tritium carbon-14 tritium/radiocarbon propagation water exchange classes computer program

Link for citing the article: Bolotov A.A., Barchukov V.G., Galuzin A.S., Surin P.P., Kochetkov O.A., Eremina N.A. Computer Simulation of Transport and Accumulation of Tritium and Carbon-14 in Technological Systems of Pressurized Water Reactors. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2024, no. 3, pp. 141-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2024.3.11 (in Russian).

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