Training simulator for nuclear power plant reactor monitoring

A description is given of a method and apparatus for the real-time dynamic simulation of a nuclear power plant that includes a control and nuclear instrumentation console for operating the reactor and monitoring three-dimensional physical values in the reactor core. A digital computer is connected to the console to calculate physical values such as nuclear flux, power, and temperature including the distribution thereof throughout the core with such calculations including the effect of full length, part length, and malfunctioned reactor control rods, as well as xenon, decay heat and boron, for example, on the output and distribution of power within the core. The simulation also includes instrumentation that responds to the calculated physical values by recording a continuous trace of the flux value in the reactor core from the top to the bottom