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As executive vice president for industry strategy at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, Jeff Place leads INPO’s industry-facing work, engaging directly with chief nuclear officers.
Glenn J. Neises, Terry J. Garrett
Nuclear Technology | Volume 93 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 22-35
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34515
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A steam line break transient is analyzed for the Wolf Creek Generating Station using RETRAN02/MOD3. The RETRAN analysis results and the modeling approaches used for the steam line break transient are described. The results of this analysis are compared with the results of the Wolf Creek Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR). The steam line break results presented in the USAR comparison include mixing between the affected and unaffected loops in the reactor vessel, boron tracking in the reactor coolant system, and sensitivity studies of various parameters.