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NuScale Energy Exploration Center opens at George Mason University
NuScale Power Corporation has opened another Energy Exploration (E2) Center—this one at George Mason University in Arlington, Va. Just last month, a NuScale E2 Center opened at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C. The newest E2 at George Mason is the company’s 11th center.
Michael E. Garrett, Samuel L. Forkner, T. A. Keys, George W. Perry, M. Wesley Waddell, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 61 | Number 2 | May 1983 | Pages 276-295
Technical Paper | Second International RETRAN Meeting / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33197
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A boiling water reactor system model for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant has been developed to predict reactor behavior during postulated transients and accidents. The model is based on the RETRAN-02 computer program and includes one-dimensional neutron kinetics capabilities. The model can be applied to a wide range of transients but is primarily intended for analyses of the limiting pressurization transients considered for reload core licensing. The model is qualified by comparisons to a number of startup test transients performed at Browns Ferry and to special turbine trip tests conducted at Peach Bottom.