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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
Ross C. Anderson, Kerry L. Basehore
Nuclear Technology | Volume 77 | Number 2 | May 1987 | Pages 227-230
Technical Paper | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33987
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A Monte Carlo departure from nucleate boiling ratio (DNBR) limit analysis has recently been performed with a six-channel thermal-hydraulics code model as the tool for DNBR calculations. Compared is the use of the few-channel, fast-running code models with the use of a response surface model as the DNBR calculator. The latter had been used to date for Monte Carlo analyses. The principles of Monte Carlo DNBR limit determination are reviewed to provide the necessary background information.