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No impact from Savannah River radioactive wasps
The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
Z P. Luo, S. M. Wu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 94 | Number 1 | September 1986 | Pages 12-23
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE86-A17112
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A simplified model describing the complicated boiling water reactor (BWR) kinetics is developed by combining two different approaches: the analytical and the experimental, the latter based on the dynamic data system methodology. This model is capable of adequately representing the BWR main dynamics, which can be, in turn, conveniently used to predict its kinetics. Although the system exhibits some highly nonlinear characteristics, it is approximated by a linear model. By using Peach Bottom-2 real operating data without perturbation, the dynamics of the BWR are experimentally identified, and the results are found to be in close agreement with those obtained by the General Electric Company.