Published December 2000
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Journal article
Dynamic Rod Worth Measurement
- 1. Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (United States)
Description
The dynamic rod worth measurement (DRWM) technique is a method of quickly validating the predicted bank worth of control rods and shutdown rods. The DRWM analytic method is based on three-dimensional, space-time kinetic simulations of the rapid rod movements. Its measurement data is processed with an advanced digital reactivity computer. DRWM has been used as the method of bank worth validation at numerous plant startups with excellent results. The process and methodology of DRWM are described, and the measurement results of using DRWM are presented
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Technology
- Journal Volume
- 132
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 403-412
- ISSN
- 0029-5450
- CODEN
- NUTYBB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37121233
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; CONTROL ELEMENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTIVITY; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; VALIDATION
- Descriptors DEC
- NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; SHUTDOWN; SIMULATION; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 American Nuclear Society (ANS), United States, All rights reserved. http://epubs.ans.org/