Application of advanced thermal hydraulic TRACG model to preserve operating margins in BWRs at extended power uprate conditions

Proceedings of the 2006 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP'06

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1066-1077

  Andersen, Jens G M ^a   Casillas, Jose L ^b   Shiralkar, Bharat S ^b  

^a Global Nuclear Fuel Americas   (United States)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONDITION MONITORING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MACHINE DESIGN; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FUEL CYCLES; OPERATING MARGINS; PLANT PARAMETERS; POWER DENSITY;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33845771339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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