RETRAN Applications in Pressurized Thermal Shock Analysis of Turkey Point Units 3 and 4
| Autor: | S. K. Mathavan, Jorge Arpa, Alan S. Fatemi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Thermal shock Hydraulics 020209 energy Nuclear engineering Maximum flow problem Fluid mechanics Fracture mechanics 02 engineering and technology Condensed Matter Physics law.invention Stress (mechanics) 020303 mechanical engineering & transports 0203 mechanical engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering law Heat transfer 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science Reactor pressure vessel Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Technology. 70:17-25 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7471 0029-5450 |
| Popis: | A methodology to assess the impact of overcooling transients on vessel wall integrity with respect to pressurized thermal shock conditions has been developed at Florida Power and Light Company for the Turkey Point Nuclear Units. Small break loss-of-coolant and small steamline break events have been simulated with the RETRAN code. Highly conservative assumptions, such as engineered safeguards with minimum temperature and maximum flow, have been made to maximize cooldown and thermal stress in the vessel wall. Temperatures, pressures, and flows obtained with RETRAN provide input for stress and fracture mechanics analyses that evaluate reactor vessel integrity. The results of the RETRAN analyses compare well with generic calculations performed by the Westinghouse Owners Group for a similar type of plant. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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