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The two reactors at Dominion Energy’s Surry plant are among the oldest in the U.S. nuclear fleet. Yet when the plant celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, staff could raise a toast to the future. Surry was one of the first plants to file a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application, and in May 2021, it became official: the plant was licensed to operate for a full 80 years, extending its reactors’ lifespans into 2052 and 2053.
Kazuya Ohgama, Taira Hazama, Hiroki Katagiri, Atsushi Takegoshi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 209 | Number 8 | August 2023 | Pages 1197-1214
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2197660
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For evaluating control rod (CR) interaction, CR worth values with and without the insertion of interaction CRs were measured in six CR interaction patterns by the continuous period method and the compensation method in the prototype fast breeder reactor Monju. The measured CR worth was evaluated in detail by conducting corrections, such as the thermal contraction of CR drive shafts, and compared with calculations to examine the reliability. The calculation-to-experiment values (C/Es) of examined CR worths with and without the interaction were 0.96 to 0.98 ± 0.03. The values of the measured CR interactions were obtained from those examined CR worth measurements as a change in target CR worth by the insertion of interaction CRs: 5.0 ± 0.6% to 10.1 ± 0.1%. The C/Es of the interaction in those cases were 0.78 to 0.93 within 5% to 27% uncertainty. Through this study, the consistency and reliability of the measurements and the calculations of the CR interaction were confirmed, and the measurements were judged useful.