Abstract

TRACG is a new version of the best estimate BWR transient analysis code, which utilizes a multi-dimensional two-fluid model for the thermal hydraulics and a three-dimensional neutron kinetics model. A three-dimensional neutronics, a fully implicit integration scheme and models for advanced BWR components have been implemented in the code upon TRAC-BF1. Assessment of TRACG has been performed in this study for the predictive capability of plant transients, which include thermal-hydraulic and neutronic interactions, as affected by responses of the plant control system. Simulations were presented for BWR representative transient tests, which were done as part of a series of BWR5 startup tests. As for the capability to predict thermal hydraulics during the design basis LOCAs, simulations were presented for the LOCA integral tests conducted in the ROSA-III at JAERI and the Hitachi TBL, which had been used for assessment of the TRAC former version. Consequently, (1)the space-dependent power flow transitions in a...

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