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Low-flow stability tests at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station unit 2 during cycle 3

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6386902
This report under RP1020-2 is a description of the results from the low-flow stability tests conducted at the Peach Bottom-2 boiling water reactor (BWR) in 1978 during Cycle 3. These tests were a continuation of the series begun in 1977 under RP1020-1. Results from the earlier tests have been documented in EPRI Topical Report NP-564. As expected, the Peach Bottom-2 BWR core is very stable even at minimum core flow rate conditions. These data constitute high-quality proof of some long-held hypotheses about BWR stability at high power-to-flow ratios. In the future, these data will become part of the qualification data base for the improved BWR stability predictive computer codes being developed and tested under RP1384.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (USA). Nuclear Energy Engineering Div.
OSTI ID:
6386902
Report Number(s):
EPRI-NP-972; ON: DE81903294
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English