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The human factor in licensing and operating the next generation of nuclear plants
As human factors specialists working at the intersection of human performance and nuclear operations, we are witnessing one of the nuclear sector’s most significant transitions in decades. The emergence of small modular reactors, microreactors, and other advanced designs is reshaping the industry’s landscape. Digital instrumentation and controls, passive safety systems, and increased automation are creating opportunities for greater safety margins and more flexible operation. These same features also fundamentally redefine what it means to “operate” a nuclear plant. Interactions among human roles, automation, and passive systems shape how people maintain awareness, exercise judgment, and intervene when necessary. These developments affect both operational realities and the regulatory foundations on which nuclear safety is built.
John F. Geldard, Adolph L. Beyerlein
Nuclear Technology | Volume 102 | Number 2 | May 1993 | Pages 252-258
Technical Paper | Enrichment and Reprocessing System | doi.org/10.13182/NT93-A34820
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The mathematical basis for a new computer code, CUSEP-MOD1, is described. This new code allows the calculation of the temporal response of pulsed column contactors with sieve plates in which spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed using the Purex process. The CPU times needed for these calculations are shorter than those using the CUSEP code but longer than those using the PULSER code, these latter codes having been described previously. Although PULSER remains the faster code, it utilizes approximations that would make CUSEP-MOD1 the preferable code for many applications. The improved efficiency of CUSEP-MOD1 is based on an analysis of the correlation of the aqueous and organic flows in pulsed columns. The analysis shows that both phases move with positive correlation at zero lag time because of the magnitude of the impressed pulsed flow. The new code gives concentration profiles virtually identical to those of the CUSEP code and replaces CUSEP for calculation of the temporal and steady-state concentration profiles in pulsed column contactors. A comparison is made of the steady-state concentration profiles in an exemplary extraction (A-type) contactor calculated using CUSEP, CUSEP-MOD1, and PULSER.