Uncertainty analysis of the OECD/NRC Oskarshamn-2 BWR stability Benchmark
2014 (English)In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, JAEA , 2014Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
On February 25, 1999, the Oskarshamn-2 NPP experienced a stability event which culminated in diverging power oscillations with a decay ratio of about 1.4. The event was successfully modeled by the TRACE/PARCS coupled system code, and further uncertainty analysis of the event is described in this paper. The results show very good agreement with the plant data, capturing the entire behavior of the transient including the onset of instability, growth of the oscillations (decay ratio) and oscillation frequency. This provides confidence in the prediction of other parameters which are not available from the plant records. This paper shows also how an uncertainty method was implemented for the event. Comparing the calculated uncertainty with the measured uncertainty gives confidence in the BWR stability prediction.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, JAEA , 2014.
Keywords [en]
BWR Stability, Power Oscillations, Uncertainty Analysis, Boiling water reactors, Stability, A-stability, Bwr stabilities, Coupled systems, Decay ratio, Onset of instabilities, Oscillation frequency, Plant data
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302243Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85105337907OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-302243DiVA, id: diva2:1597239
Conference
2014 International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014, 28 September 2014 through 3 October 2014
Note
QC 20210924
2021-09-242021-09-242022-09-07Bibliographically approved