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This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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Virginia utility considers SMRs
Dominion Energy Virginia has issued a request for proposals from leading nuclear companies to study the feasibility of putting a small modular reactor at its North Anna nuclear power plant.
While the utility says it is not a commitment to build an SMR at the site, the RFP is “an important first step in evaluating the technology and the North Anna site to support Dominion Energy customers’ future energy needs consistent with the company’s most recent Integrated Resource Plan.”
Bennett J. Gitnick
Nuclear Technology | Volume 93 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 92-104
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34521
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A procedure for calculating appropriate loss coefficients and flow distribution parameters to initialize boiling water reactor (BWR) system transient codes is presented. This method achieves a pressure and flow balance while satisfying the constraint that the calculated steady-state flows and pressure drops match the plant performance curves supplied by the user. The methodology has been encoded in the REBAL computer code, which greatly reduces the engineering man hours required to achieve a properly initialized model. This methodology improves the accuracy and consistency of transient calculations performed at off nominal power and flow conditions and is particularly useful at the high-power/low-flow conditions typical of BWR stability analysis.