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RELAP5YA simulation of large-break tests in the two-loop test apparatus

Conference · · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5534955
The RELAP5YA computer code has been used to simulate two tests on the two-loop test apparatus (TLTA): 6426/1 and 6425/2. The TLTA is a scaled version of a boiling water reactor (BWR). TLTA 6426/1 simulates a double-ended guillotine loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) in the recirculation line without emergency core cooling (ECC). TLTA 6425/2 is similar except that all ECC systems are operational. RELAP5YA was developed at Yankee Atomic Electric Co. from RELAP5/MOD1 to provide a conservative method for licensing analyses that would also simulate LOCA phenomena in a qualitatively correct manner. Major features distinguishing RELAP5YA from RELAP5/MOD1 include a jet pump component model and constitutive models for interphase drag, critical heat flux, rewet and quench phenomena, and multiple-surface radiation heat transfer. In addition, RELAP5YA contains evaluation model features suitable for performing licensing analyses of light water reactors that conform to regulatory requirements. These evaluation model features have not been used in the present calculations.
OSTI ID:
5534955
Report Number(s):
CONF-870601-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 54
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English