Published 1989
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Archimede: fast core simulator for on-line follow, operator advice and predictive calculation
Description
This paper presents the ARCHIMEDE code, developed by TRACTEBEL Belgium for on-line follow of PWR cores. This fast core simulator has been installed at Tihange-1 900 MW unit and was tested in other units. These experiments showed that an important gain of time could be obtained from core simulation during load-follow operation and incident conditions. The code uses the results of LWR-WIMS (transport code) and MERCATOR (2-D diffusion nodal code) to define a synthesis model with 1-D diffusion. A particular emphasize has been put on the consistency of the model with respect to TRACTEBEL's other design tools, especially for reactivity balance. ARCHIMEDE is used for on-line follow and predictive calculations as well as for design studies
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (no language)
- L'instrumentation et l'evaluation de l'etat du coeur des reacteurs nucleaires.
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Imprint Place
- Paris (France)
- ISBN
- 92-64-03225-8
- Imprint Title
- In core instrumentation and reactor assessment
- Imprint Pagination
- 467 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 129-138.
Conference
- Title
- Meeting on in core instrumentation and reactor assessment.
- Dates
- 7-10 Jun 1988.
- Place
- Cadarache (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD (NEA)
- INIS RN
- 20072321
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- A CODES; ACCURACY; LOAD MANAGEMENT; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; POWER DISTRIBUTION; TIHANGE REACTOR
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTER CODES; DISTRIBUTION; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; MANAGEMENT; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Imprint:L'instrumentation et l'evaluation de l'etat du coeur des reacteurs nucleaires.;Compte rendu d'une reunion de specialistes sur l'instrumentation et l'evaluation de l'etat du coeur des reacteurs nucleaires.