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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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Within the framework of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Analysis Exercise, the calculation of phases I and 2 of the accident (0 to 174 min) was performed with the computer code CA THARE 1 and with a preliminary version of CATHARE 1/ICARE. The initial transient (0 to 30 min) is accurately predicted by CATHARE. From the thermal-hydraulic point of view, the remainder of phase 1 has also been very well simulated, even though for the overall problem, this particular part of phase 1 did not prove to be nearly as difficult. The analysis of phase 2 is limited because the computer code does not calculate material relocation. Nevertheless, cladding ballooning and cladding oxidation seem to be correctly predicted.