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The TMI MSLB analysis using TRAC-PF1 coupled with three-dimensional kinetics

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:411678
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  1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
  2. GPU Nuclear Corporation, Middletown, PA (United States)

The main steam-line break (MSLB) accident in a pressurized water reactor is characterized by significant space-time effects in the core caused by asymmetric cooling and assumed stuck-out rod during reactor trip. These effects are analyzed in this paper for Three Mile Island (TMI) cycle 10, using closely coupled transient three-dimensional thermal-hydraulic vessel and neutronics core models supplemented by one-dimensional simulation of the remainder of the reactor coolant system. Also, a comparison of the three-dimensional kinetics results to a compatible point kinetics prediction is performed.

OSTI ID:
411678
Report Number(s):
CONF-951006--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 73; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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