Los Alamos Nuclear Plant Analyzer: an interactive power-plant simulation program

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6391467

Steinke, R; Booker, C; Giguere, P; Liles, D R; Mahaffy, J H; Turner, M R

The Nuclear Plant Analyzer (NPA) is a computer-software interface for executing the TRAC or RELAP5 power-plant systems codes. The NPA is designed to use advanced supercomputers, long-distance data communications, and a remote workstation terminal with interactive computer graphics to analyze power-plant thermal-hydraulic behavior. The NPA interface simplifies the running of these codes through automated procedures and dialog interaction. User understanding of simulated-plant behavior is enhanced through graphics displays of calculational results. These results are displayed concurrently with the calculation. The user has the capability to override the plant's modeled control system with hardware-adjustment commands. This gives the NPA the utility of a simulator, and at the same time, the accuracy of an advanced, best-estimate, power-plant systems code for plant operation and safety analysis.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6391467
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-84-3318; CONF-8410142-18; ON: DE85002412
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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