Primary coolant pump effects on core thermal response during large break LOCA transients in a commercial pressurized water reactor
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5624036
A computer study was made of the thermal-hydraulic response of a full-scale pressurized water reactor (PWR) to a hypothesized, loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA). This study was intended to determine whether system conditions could exist which would prevent an early fuel-rod quench during a 200%, double-ended, cold leg (DECL) break LOCA. The method of investigation was a study of system conditions which could lead to early core-flow stagnation persisting through the blowdown phase of the transient. This study provides a reference for the planning of loss-of-fluid test (LOFT) experiments L2-5 and L2-6. The PWR considered in this study is the Zion plant, which is similar in design to the LOFT facility. The system conditions found to cause the most severe thermal transient on the fuel rods during a 200%, DECL break LOCA were one intact-loop, primary coolant pump shaft broken and the remaining primary coolant pumps unpowered. 8 refs., 36 figs., 14 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-76ID01570
- OSTI ID:
- 5624036
- Report Number(s):
- EGG-LOFT-5505; ON: TI85014377
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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