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NRC accepts Ginna SLR application as Constellation seeks 20-year extension
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Constellation’s subsequent license renewal application to extend operations at the Ginna nuclear power plant by another 20 years.
If approved, the Ontario, N.Y., facility’s operating license would be extended through September 18, 2049. The plant was first issued a 40-year license in 1969, followed by a 20-year renewal in 2004 that extended the license into 2029.
V. K. Dhir, W. E. Kastenberg, D. W. Varela
Nuclear Technology | Volume 46 | Number 3 | December 1979 | Pages 447-452
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32352
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Generally, the blockages that may form in the reactor core when molten fuel is ejected into the coolant channels during a transient overpower accident can be divided into two categories. The first type of blockage forms when semi-molten fuel particles hit a wire wrap and freeze on the wire wrap, whereas the second type of blockage forms when solid or semi-solid particles get stuck in the coolant channels. The thermal-hydraulic analysis of these proposed blockages indicates that under certain specific conditions, the blockages can lead to melting of the wire wrap and cladding and also to in-channel voiding. The second type of blockage, if formed as a plug, may remelt before being quenched by subcooled or saturated sodium.