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Ice condenser containment analysis with the GOTHIC code

Conference ·
OSTI ID:484998
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  1. Duke Power Co., Charlotte, NC (United States)
Analytical methodologies have recently been developed by Duke Power Company (Duke) to calculate the thermodynamic response of the ice condenser containment buildings at the McGuire and Catawba Nuclear Stations to high-energy line breaks. The GOTHIC computer code (Version 4.0) was utilized for these analyses. In the ice condenser containment design, a large mass of ice stored within the containment building is used to absorb the energy released from high-energy line breaks, thereby limiting the peak pressure and temperature in the containment building to within design limits. The McGuire and Catawba Nuclear Stations (both two-unit, 3411 MWth four-loop Westinghouse plants) are of the ice condenser containment design.
OSTI ID:
484998
Report Number(s):
CONF-960815--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English