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Nuclear Technology | Volume 61 | Number 2 | May 1983 | Pages 205-211
Technical Paper | Second International RETRAN Meeting / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33191
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The steady-state operating limit for boiling water reactors (BWRs) is determined by calculating the transient change in the critical power ratio (CPR). To determine the operating limit CPR, a method for calculating the ΔCPR during transients is needed. The RETRAN code can be used as a tool in the evaluation of transient CPRs for determining the operating margin for BWRs. Since the RETRAN code does not contain a critical power calculation, the ΔCPR cannot be obtained directly from RETRAN. Therefore, a program, TCPYA01, designed to evaluate transient CPR (and ΔCPR) based on the GEXL correlation using time-dependent conditions from RETRAN was used. The justification for using the RETRAN code is provided by predicting transient boiling transition data taken at the GE-ATLAS loop facility. Results of the sensitivity studies performed on nodalization, void models, and time-step size are also provided.