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Holtec hits milestones in Palisades restart, new reactor projects
Steam rises from the Palisades nuclear power plant. (Photo: Holtec International)
The restart of Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert, Mich., has hit a milestone with the passivation of its primary system, plant owner Holtec International announced Monday, even as a firm restart date has yet to be announced.
Passivation is a chemical process that improves corrosion resistance by making plant materials less reactive. During the process, the reactor’s primary system was brought to normal operating temperature and pressure. Holtec called this passivation phase an “essential step” in maintaining the long-term reliability of equipment.
Louis Baker, Jr., Richard E. Faw, Francis A. Kulacki
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 2 | October 1976 | Pages 222-230
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A27355
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Correlations of experimental data on heat transfer from nonboiling, horizontal fluid layers with internal heat generation have been cast into a form suitable for analysis of postaccident heat removal in fast reactors. Available data on layers with equal boundary temperatures indicate that the downward heat transfer rate can be accounted for by conduction alone, while the upward heat transfer rate is largely controlled by convection. A new correlation is presented that applies to evaluation of upward and downward heat fluxes from an internally heated layer with unequal boundary temperatures. Analysis techniques are illustrated in an example calculation pertaining to layers of molten mixed-oxide fuel.