Open AccessNUCLEAR AND THERMAL CALCULATIONS FOR WCAP-4 IN-PILE EXPERIMENT
Author(s) -
A. Bourina,
W.J. Eich,
James J. Lombardo
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4168597
Subject(s) - pile , boiling , core (optical fiber) , thermal , nuclear engineering , hot spot (computer programming) , mechanics , thermodynamics , physics , structural engineering , engineering , computer science , optics , operating system
A description of the nuclear and thermal analysis involved in the design of the WCAP-4 in-pile test is presented. Calculations reveal that no burn-out conditions are expected at the operating fluxes. Calculations of central core temperature and heat output are included. Various hot spot factor calculations for both non-local and local boiling conditions are also given. (J.R.D