PGSFR General Arrangement

Abstract

The Nuclear Island of the PGSFR is constructed upon the seismic isolation structure bearing a common basemat of the Reactor Building and the Auxiliary Building. The Reactor Building is divided into two different functional structures: 1) containment structure comprised of a operating floor, head access area (HAA), annulus area and etc., 2) the other areas accessible to reactor vault area outside of the containment structure via the Auxiliary Building. The arrangement of the Auxiliary Building is composed of symmetric divisional areas where there are two steam generators, heat exchangers of the Decay Heat Removal System (DHRS), facilities of the Intermediate Sodium Purification System (ISPS), the Primary Inert Gas Processing System (PIGPS), a main control room (MCR), electric equipment rooms, and main steam valve houses (MSVH), and etc. The general arrangement of the Reactor Building and the Auxiliary Building of the PGSFR is currently in development. Not only NSSS but supporting systems have not been finalized yet. Moreover, the other facility buildings such as a Turbine Generator Building, a fuel cycle facility, radwaste treatment facilities, and etc. have to be designed with relevant interfaces to the Reactor Building and the Auxiliary Building. We can expect additional modifications to optimize the general arrangement. However, the basic principles such as sodium and non-sodium segregation, convenient accessibility and maintenance, economics of architectural volume would be kept in the design. (authors)