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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.
David A. Mandell
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | March 1981 | Pages 383-392
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32712
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To calculate the radiative heat transfer between fuel bundle surfaces and from the surfaces to the vapor and droplets in a boiling water reactor, it is necessary to calculate the geometrical fuel factors. These view factors, which are the fraction of energy leaving one surface that reaches a second surface when no fluid exists, must be calculated for every pair of fuel rods, from every rod to every channel segment, and from one channel segment to a second channel segment. The crossed-string method was used to obtain algebraic equations for the view factors between rods of the same diameter, from rods-to-channel segments, and from one channel segment to a second channel segment. These equations can be easily incorporated into computer codes. Conservation of energy was used to verify the view factor equations.