Uncertainty analysis of the OECD/NRC Oskarshamn-2 BWR stability Benchmark

Ivan Gajev, Weimin Ma, Tomasz Kozlowski

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Abstract

On February 25, 1999, the Oskarshamn-2 NPP experienced a stability event which culminated in diverging power oscillations with a decay ratio of about 1.4. The event was successfully modeled by the TRACE/PARCS coupled system code, and further uncertainty analysis of the event is described in this paper. The results show very good agreement with the plant data, capturing the entire behavior of the transient including the onset of instability, growth of the oscillations (decay ratio) and oscillation frequency. This provides confidence in the prediction of other parameters which are not available from the plant records. This paper shows also how an uncertainty method was implemented for the event. Comparing the calculated uncertainty with the measured uncertainty gives confidence in the BWR stability prediction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: Sep 28 2014Oct 3 2014

Conference

Conference2014 International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period9/28/1410/3/14

Keywords

  • BWR Stability
  • Power Oscillations
  • Uncertainty Analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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