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One-dimensional TRAC calculations of a pump-trip scram for the PIUS 600 advanced reactor design
J.L. Steiner, J.F. Lime, Jay S. Elson, Heinrich Stumpf, B.E. Boyack
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Abstract
One dimensional TRAC transient calculations of the process inherent ultimate safety (PIUS) advanced reactor design were performed for a pump-trip SCRAM. The TRAC calculations showed that the reactor power response and shutdown were in qualitative agreement with the one-dimensional analyses presented in the PIUS Preliminary Safety Information Document (PSID) submitted by Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for preapplication safety review. The PSID analyses were performed with the ABB-developed RIGEL code. The TRAC-calculated phenomena and trends were also similar to those calculated with another one-dimensional PIUS model, the Brookhaven National Laboratory developed PIPA code. A TRAC pump-trip SCRAM transient has also been calculated with a TRAC model containing a multi-dimensional representation of the PIUS intemal flow structures and core region. The results obtained using the TRAC fully one-dimensional PIUS model are compared to the RIGEL, PIPA, and TRAC multi-dimensional results.
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