US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Nuclear Plant Analyzer

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6448272

Laats, E T; Beelman, R J

The Nuclear Plant Analyzer (NPA) is a state-of-the-art safety analysis and engineering tool being used to address key nuclear safety issues. The NPA integrates the NRC's computerized reactor behavior simulation codes such as RELAP5, TRAC-BWR, and TRAC-PWR, with well-developed color graphics programs and large repositories of reactor design and experimental data. The NPA became operational in late 1983 at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). This paper presents an overview of the NPA system, discusses several recent applications using the NPA with various simulation codes, and concludes with a brief discussion on future NPA development.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6448272
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-30985; CONF-860204-29; ON: TI86005280
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
REACTOR SAFETY
SAFETY
SIMULATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS