Thermal-hydraulic analysis of core shroud crack for chinshan BWR/4 unit 2 using retran-02/mod5

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 324-336

  Tang, Jan Ru ^a,c,d   Kao, Lainsu ^a,c,e   Shiau, Der Yeong ^a,c   Chou, Lin Yao ^b,c   Yao, Ching Chuan ^b,c   Chiang, Show Chyuan ^b,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN POWER COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Taipei Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BWR core shroud crack; RETRAN 02; Thermal hydraulic analysis

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); TRANSIENTS;

CORE SHROUD CRACK; MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK; MOD5; RETRAN-02; THERMAL HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0032028681     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2844     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. "Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking of Core Shrouds in Boiling Water Reactors," Generic Letter 94-03, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (July 25, 1994).
2. McFADDEN et al., "RETRAN-02 - A Program for Transient Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Complex Fluid Flow Systems," EPRI NP-1850-CCM-A, Rev. 4, Electric Power Research Institute (Nov. 1989).
3. "Safety Analysis Report of Cracks in H3, H5 and H6 Welds for Unit 2 of the Chinshan Nuclear Power Station," Taiwan Power Company (Apr. 1995) (in Chinese).
4. J.-R. TANG, L.-Y. LIAO, D.-Y. SHIAU, R.-J. LIAO, and Y-K. CHIU, "Qualification and Application of an Independent Reload Transient Analysis Methodology for the Chinshan BWR," presented at 4th Int. Topl. Mtg. Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Operations, and Safety, Taipei, Taiwan, April 3-6, 1994, The Nuclear Energy Society, Taipei, Taiwan.
5. J.-R. TANG, L. KAO, D.-Y. SHIAU, L.-J. HSIEH, L.-Y. CHOU, and S.-C. CHIANG, "Plant Specific RETRAN Analysis in Support of Chinshan BWR/4 Operation," 8th Int. RERAN Mtg., Denver, Colorado, October 1-4, 1995, EPRI TR-106038, Electric Power Research Institute.