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The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 1 | August 1989 | Pages 302-309
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Materials Behavior / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27658
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Work has been performed to develop a Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) simulation model for MELPROG/TRAC capable of predicting the observed plant behavior that occurred during the accident of March 1979. A description of the TMI-2 plant model is presented, and calculation results through 174 min of the accident are discussed. Using the boundary conditions recommended for the TMI-2 Analysis Exercise, the calculation predicts pressurizer draining and core recovering prior to fuel rod damage. A parametric calculation (with reduced makeup flow) was also performed and is in better agreement with the observed plant behavior. Efforts are under way to proceed with an accurate simulation through phases 3 and 4 of the accident (174 to 227 min and 227 to 300 min, respectively).