Transient Studies of Ghana Research Reactor-1 after Nineteen (19) Years of Operation Using PARET/ANL Code
Published: 1 January 2017
World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
,
Volume 07,
pp 223-231; https://doi.org/10.4236/wjnst.2017.74018
Abstract: The Program for the Analysis of Reactor Transients/Argonne National Laboratory (PARET/ANL) code was used to predict the thermal hydraulic behaviour of the Ghana Research Reactor-1 after adding 9.0 mm of beryllium to the top shim tray of the core. The core was analysed for reactivity insertions 2.1 mk, 3.0 mk, 4.0 mk, 5.0 mk and 6.7 mk, respectively. The reactor is still safe to operate in the range 2.1 mk to 4.0 mk. However, 2.1 mk would be ideal since the reactor automatic shutdown (SCRAM) is set not to exceed 120% of reactor nominal power.
Keywords: thermal / Research Reactor / tray / Ghana Research / Transient / Nineteen / shim / PARET/ANL
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