Process for controlling the power delivered by a pressurized water nuclear reactor to a steam turbine.

摘要

A method for regulating the power supplied to a steam turbine by a pressurized water nuclear reactor driving an electric current generator supplying a network by utilizing the movement of control rods in the reactor and the by-passing of a fraction of the steam produced by the reactor out from the turbine circuit. In the case of electrical uncoupling between the generator and the network or load rejection, the parameter determining the position of the control rods is selected as the greater of two values of a reference temperature. The by-passing of the steam is kept in operation and the operation of the reactor remains automatic. The opening signal for the by-pass valves is modified by a gain signal determined from a signal representing the power level. The invention is particularly applicable to the regulation of the power of pressurized water nuclear power stations.