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NRC begins special inspection at Hope Creek
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection at Hope Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey to investigate the cause of repeated inoperability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the agency announced in a February 25 news release.
P. K. Iyengar, T. K. Basu, K. Chandramoleshwar, S. Das, P. K. Job, S. K. Kapil, V. R. Nargundkar, C. S. Pasupathy, M. Srinivasan, K. Subba Rao
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 70 | Number 1 | April 1979 | Pages 37-52
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A18925
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PURNIMA, a PuO2-fueled copper-reflected zero-energy fast reactor at Trombay, was built as a mockup of the proposed air-cooled 30-kW Kalpakkam Pulsed Fast Reactor. This paper describes the salient features of PURNIMA and discusses the calculational methods used and the control philosophy and operational procedures adopted. Important aspects relating to the overall safety are examined in detail. Some of the experiments carried out with this facility are also briefly reported.
