SIMULATE-3 plant-site applications at Cofrentes NPP
- IBERDROLA, II, Madrid (Spain)
- UITESA, Madrid (Spain)
Cofrentes nuclear power plant (NPP) is a General Electric boiling water reactor-6 reactor located in Spain and currently operating on cycle 7. Since 1989, several SIMULATE-3-based plant-site applications have been used to define target control rod patterns and for maneuver predictions. The actual calculational method involves the SIMULATE-3 code running on the main computer of the utility (IBERDROLA) at Madrid. Access from the plant site is provided through personal computers and communication devices. The general performance of the method is satisfactory, but experience has shown that several improvements could be made: using workstations to avoid dependence on the remote host computer, providing color graphic displays for input-output, and introducing an adaptive capability that would allow feedback with in-core instrumentation measurements. Future hardware configuration is being studied by IBERDROLA, while the other two improvements are under development by UITESA. Data management will be carried out by the PISCIS tool, a graphic interface based on X-Windows, which is being extended with additional color screens. Adaptive capability will be provided by the SIMULATE-3 adaptive system discussed in this paper. It is intended to be installed at Cofrentes on-line with the actual process computer.
- OSTI ID:
- 7145995
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-920606-; CODEN: TANSA
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 65; Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Boston, MA (United States), 7-12 Jun 1992; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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