Effects of rod worth and drop speed on the BWR off-center rod drop accident

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6050293

Cokinos, D M; Carew, J F

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of increasing the control rod worth and the rod drop speed on the off-center RDA. An increase in either of these parameters results in an increase in peak core power and fuel enthalpy, and the objective of this study is to determine the margin to the fuel damage threshold.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6050293
• Report Number(s): BNL-NUREG-37612; CONF-860610-15; ON: TI86006883
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Reno, NV, USA, 15 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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