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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.”
Toshiharu Muramatsu, Hisashi Ninokata
Nuclear Technology | Volume 97 | Number 2 | February 1992 | Pages 186-197
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT92-A34615
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A three-dimensional in-vessel thermohydraulics analysis is carried out for the early phase of an unprotected transient overpower (UTOP) accident and delayed neutron precursor concentration transport in a typical loop-type fast breeder reactor plant. In the UTOP calculations, the time at which the sodium temperature reaches the reactor trip level is evaluated based on calculated upper plenum flow and temperature distributions. For fission product release from the core assemblies, the delayed neutron precursor concentration in the sodium that reaches the detectors depends on the location of the faulted assembly, threedimensional flow patterns, and hence, the residence time in the upper plenum. Delayed neutron precursors that bypassed the recirculation flow to appear in the plenum primarily contribute to the peak concentration.