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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
W. Frisch, S. Langenbuch, P. Peternell
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 64 | Number 4 | December 1977 | Pages 843-848
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A14499
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Thermohydraulic feedback effects in a boiling water reactor during pressure transients are analyzed. Transient calculations are carried out with the one-dimensional nonlinear plant model ALMOS. A reference case of the analysis is a turbine trip without bypass (loss of heat sink) and delayed scram action. Neutron flux and fuel temperatures are investigated with respect to such feedback parameters as the Doppler coefficient, moderator feedback, and heat generation in the coolant. The amount of heat generated in the coolant is recognized as an important parameter. The sensitivity of the system to this parameter is further analyzed qualitatively by frequency response methods.