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

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6496420

Cokinos, D M; Carew, J F

BWR off-center RDA calculations have been performed for selected rod worths and drop speeds. While in all cases the peak fuel enthalpy was well below the 280 cal/g fuel criterion, a substantial sensitivity to control rod worth and rod drop speed was observed.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6496420
• Report Number(s): BNL-NUREG-36891; CONF-851115-13; ON: TI85017842
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society winter meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10 Nov 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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