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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.
Giang N. Nguyen, Sudarshan K. Loyalka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 190 | Number 2 | May 2015 | Pages 161-173
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-81
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Source term is an important issue in safety assessment of nuclear power plants. Therefore, modeling of particulate concentration in reactor coolant systems during normal operation and hypothesized accidents is of continuing interest. We report here on exploration of a numerical solution of the Reeks-Hall equation with the use of the fractional resuspension rate in its original integral form. The numerical results for particulate concentration are compared with those obtained from the exact expression given by Williams and experimental data provided by Wells et al. The numerical results agree very well with exact results and also agree well with the data of Wells et al. Applications of the numerical method to problems with a time-dependent resuspension rate (for which exact solutions are not available) are explored, and some typical results are reported. The numerical method will be useful for verifying approximate techniques that are used for aerosol modeling in nuclear source term computer programs.