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Flamanville-3 reaches full power
France’s state-owned electric utility EDF has announced that Flamanville-3—the country’s first EPR—reached full nuclear thermal power for the first time, generating 1,669 megawatts of gross electrical power. This major milestone is significant in terms of both this project and France’s broader nuclear sector.
Steven J. Ganthner, A. Frank Wenger
Nuclear Technology | Volume 83 | Number 3 | December 1988 | Pages 302-309
Technical Paper | Fifth International Retran Meeting / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT88-A34143
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Carolina Power and Light Company has completed a set of benchmarks of a RETRAN computer model representing its boiling water reactor Brunswick Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant. These benchmarks consist of simulating five transients initiated during the Brunswick 1 Startup Test Program and comparing the calculated plant response to data taken during each transient. A description of the methods used to generate the one-dimensional kinetics input is provided along with a brief description of the RETRAN model. The results of the benchmarks are presented and the portions of the model qualified by the results are summarized. The benchmarks show that the model is capable of accurately simulating a wide range of transients. The Peach Bottom turbine trip benchmarks are being performed to verify the predicted neutronic response for conditions representative of those encountered during licensing transients.