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NUFREQ-NP, a digital computer code for the linear stability analysis of boiling water nuclear reactors

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5817600
The phenonema of nuclear-coupled density-wave oscillations are of considerable importance in boiling water nuclear reactor (BWR) stability analysis. A state-of-the-art linear frequency domain digital computer code, NUFREQ-NP, was developed for either forced or natural circulation BWR stability analysis. The NUFREQ-NP code can be excited by many external perturbations, including system pressure perturbation. It is based on one dimensional drift-flux thermal hydraulics, and allows for subcooled boiling, arbitrary nonuniform axial and radial power shapes, distributed local losses (e.g., spacers), point or multi-dimensional neutron kinetics, and detailed fuel element dynamics. It was compared with both out-of-core and in-core data, and good agreement was found.
Research Organization:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA)
OSTI ID:
5817600
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English