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Vermont Yankee simulator qualification: large-break LOCA

Conference · · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6866849
Yankee Atomic Electric Company (YAEC) has developed simulator benchmark capabilities for the Seabrook, Maine Yankee, and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) simulators. The goal is to establish that each simulator has a satisfactory real-time response for different scenarios that will enhance operator training. Vermont Yankee purchased a full-scope plane simulator for the VYNPS, a four-unit boiling water reactor with a Mark-I containment. The following seven benchmark cases were selected by YAEC and VYNPC to supplement the Simulator Acceptance Test Program: (1) control rod swap; (2) partial reactor scram; (3) recirculation pump trip; (4) main steam isolation valve (MSIV) closure without scram, (5) main steamline break, (6) small-break loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA), and (7) large-break LOCA. Five simulator benchmark sessions have been completed. Each session identified simulator capabilities and limitations that needed correction. This paper discusses results from the latest large-break LOCA case.
OSTI ID:
6866849
Report Number(s):
CONF-8711195-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 55
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English