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  • A study of return to saturation oscillations in the OSU APEX thermal hydraulic testing facility

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    Franz, Scott C.
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    The purpose of this paper is to describe the flow oscillations which occur in the AP600 long term cooling test facility at Oregon State University. The AP600 system is an advanced pressurized water reactor design utilizing passive emergency cooling systems. A few hours after the initiation of a cold leg...
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    AP600 plant. Differences in the core power profile and other geometrical differences between the

  • The missile hazard of surface traffic accidents to nuclear power plants

    Creator:
    Earle, Otis Keener
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    A method is presented for appraising the hazards to nuclear power plants from missiles from surface traffic accident explosions. Due to the infrequency with which surface traffic accident explosions occur and the poor records kept concerning them, a probabilistic method is chosen to investigate the overall hazards potential to nuclear...
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    Masters Thesis
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    NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS I. INTRODUCTION A current issue of concern in nuclear power plant development is

  • SBLOCA analysis for nuclear plant shutdown operations

    Creator:
    Wang, Yi
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    A series of small break loss of coolant accident (SBLOCA) analyses in nuclear plant shutdown operations was simulated using the code RELAP5A,MOD3 version 8.0 to predict the SBLOCA phenomena in the Zion-l nuclear power plant The first objective is to study the impact of SBLOCA (1" and 2" breaks) on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    SBLOCA phenomena in the Zion-1 nuclear power plant. The first objective is to study the impact of SBLOCA

  • Evaluation of the economic risk from nuclear power

    Creator:
    Hsieh, Kitty A.
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    The cost of ionizing radiation exposure to people and property has been estimated as between $10 and $250 per man-rem by several investigators in the early 70's. These values were considered acceptable by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). However, in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) "Numerical guide...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Dictionary. In the operation of a nuclear power plant, radioactivity is generated by the fission process

  • An on-line advanced plant simulator (OLAPS)

    Creator:
    Samuels, Jeffery W.
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    A PC based on-line advanced plant simulator (OLAPS) for high quality simulations of Portland General Electric's Trojan Nuclear Facility is presented. OLAPS is designed to simulate the thermal-hydraulics of the primary system including core, steam generators, pumps, piping and pressurizer. The simulations are based on a five equation model that...
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    the Trojan Nuclear Facility's final safety analysis report. An On-Line Advanced Plant Simulator

  • Stability analysis of dynamic heat transfer

    Creator:
    Luo, Shyr Tung
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    The stability analysis for a heated tube system is an important safety feature of a nuclear power plant. Although the system theory is well established for linear systems described by ordinary differential equations, there is still a shortage of theory dealing with a distributed system, which is described by partial...
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    important safety feature of a nuclear power plant. Although the system theory is well established for

  • Analysis of the antineutrino rate during CANDU reactor startup

    Creator:
    Matthews, Christopher
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    Detection systems used to monitor reactor operations are of significant interest as tools for verification of operator declarations. Current reactor site safeguards are limited to visual inspections and intrusive monitoring systems. The recent development of antineutrino detectors may soon allow real-time monitoring from an unobtrusive location. Antineutrinos are produced through...
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    Masters Thesis
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    birth of the Atomic Age in the 1940s has led to widespread use of nuclear power. As of 2008, 439

  • Routine and post-accident analysis of nuclear power plant reactor coolant

    Creator:
    Jolma, Eva I.
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    The 1979 incident at Three Mile Island drew attention to weaknesses in the capability to obtain and analyze reactor coolant samples in an environment where the reactor core incurs significant damage. As a result, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission promulgated regulations requiring that reactor coolant analytical capabilities be upgraded so...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Routine and post-accident analysis of nuclear power plant

  • Preliminary framework for the run-ahead predictive simulation software (RAPSS)

    Creator:
    Makinson, Kevin A.
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    The Run-Ahead Predictive Simulation Software (RAPSS) is an architecture designed for faster-than-real-time decision support for operators of complex networks. To enable further development of the RAPSS methodology, the necessary proof of principle is illustrated in two applications: decision support for shift technical advisors in nuclear power plant control rooms (RAPSS-STA),...
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    Dissertation
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    support for shift technical advisors in nuclear power plant control rooms (RAPSS-STA), and in the event

  • Nonintrusive intelligent monitoring for nuclear power plant emergency classification

    Creator:
    Greene, Kenneth R. (Kenneth Ray), 1958-
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    A prototype real-time process monitoring emergency classification expert system, RT/EM-CLASS, has been developed for use at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. This knowledge-based system features the integration of electronically sensed plant data with the menu selection data representation of its predecessor, EM-CLASS. This prototype demonstrates the techniques required to acquire...
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    Dissertation
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    Monitoring for Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Classification Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Alan H