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ENCLOSURE 2
MFN 15-007
Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio Methodology Presentation
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Pro
cess
for
Cal
cula
ting
Saf
ety
Lim
it M
inim
um C
ritic
al
Pow
er R
atio
(S
LMC
PR
)
1
Glo
bal N
ucle
ar F
uel -
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eric
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ebru
ary
5, 2
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•S
afet
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mit
Des
ign
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is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
Ana
lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
SB
T
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escr
iptio
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the
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ntie
s an
d ho
w th
ey a
re
appl
ied,
des
crip
tion
of th
e sa
mpl
ing
met
hods
, etc
.
•R
evis
ed S
LMC
PR
Met
hodo
logy
(N
ED
C-3
2694
P-A
)
•R
educ
ed S
LMC
PR
Unc
erta
intie
s (N
ED
C-3
2601
P-A
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ycle
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cific
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•S
afet
y Li
mit
Des
ign
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
Ana
lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
SB
T
•D
escr
iptio
n of
the
unce
rtai
ntie
s an
d ho
w th
ey a
re
appl
ied,
des
crip
tion
of th
e sa
mpl
ing
met
hods
, etc
.
•R
evis
ed S
LMC
PR
Met
hodo
logy
(N
ED
C-3
2694
P-A
)
•R
educ
ed S
LMC
PR
Unc
erta
intie
s (N
ED
C-3
2601
P-A
)
•C
ycle
-spe
cific
App
licat
ion
Pro
cess
Age
nda:
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f 6
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10 C
FR
50,
App
endi
x A
, GD
C 1
0
Crit
erio
n 10
—R
eact
or d
esig
n. T
he r
eact
or c
ore
and
asso
ciat
ed c
oola
nt, c
ontr
ol, a
nd p
rote
ctio
n sy
stem
s sh
all b
e de
sign
ed w
ith a
ppro
pria
te m
argi
n to
ass
ure
that
spe
cifie
d ac
cept
able
fuel
des
ign
limits
are
not
ex
ceed
ed d
urin
g an
y co
nditi
on o
f nor
mal
ope
ratio
n,
incl
udin
g th
e ef
fect
s of
ant
icip
ated
ope
ratio
nal
occu
rren
ces.
4
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NU
RE
G-0
800,
15.
0, V
I. D
efin
ition
s
5
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GE
TAB
Intr
oduc
es C
ritic
al P
ower
and
GE
XL
Sec
tion
1.2
Term
inol
ogy
in N
ED
O-1
0958
-A,
Janu
ary
1977
The
phy
sica
l phe
nom
enon
bei
ng d
iscu
ssed
is th
e on
set o
f tra
nsiti
on b
oilin
g an
d th
is
phen
omen
on is
ref
erre
d to
in th
is r
epor
t as
the
boili
ng tr
ansi
tion.
*…
*The
term
inol
ogy
"boi
ling
tran
sitio
n" is
con
side
red
to b
e m
ore
desc
riptiv
e of
the
ons
et o
f tr
ansi
tion
boili
ng w
hich
act
ually
occ
urs
and
is u
sed
thro
ugho
ut t
his
docu
men
t ra
ther
tha
n te
rms
such
as
CH
F, D
NB
or
the
"boi
ling
cris
is."
The
phy
sica
l phe
nom
enon
is r
epre
sent
ed b
y an
ana
lytic
al c
orre
latio
n of
the
dat
a. T
his
pres
enta
tion
desc
ribes
the
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he G
ener
al E
lect
ric C
ritic
al Q
ualit
y (X
c) -B
oilin
g Le
ngth
Cor
rela
tion-
GE
XL.
GE
XL
is u
sed
in th
e de
sign
and
ope
ratio
n of
BW
Rs
to e
stab
lish
appr
opria
te t
herm
al m
argi
ns a
nd t
o as
sess
app
ropr
iate
ope
ratin
g tr
ansi
ent
and
acci
dent
co
nditi
ons.
Tha
t as
sem
bly
pow
er w
hich
cau
ses
som
e po
int
in th
e as
sem
bly
to e
xper
ienc
e a
boili
ng tr
ansi
tion
is c
alle
d th
e cr
itica
l pow
er. T
he r
atio
of
the
criti
cal p
ower
to t
he b
undl
e po
wer
at
the
reac
tor
cond
ition
of
inte
rest
is d
efin
ed a
s th
e cr
itica
l pow
er ra
tio (C
PR
) and
us
ed a
s th
e ne
w fi
gure
of
mer
it fo
r ex
pres
sing
BW
R th
erm
al m
argi
n. T
he n
et r
esul
t is
ch
arac
teriz
ed a
s G
ETA
B, t
he G
ener
al E
lect
rical
The
rmal
Ana
lysi
s B
asis
.
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7
Wha
t is
Crit
ical
Pow
er R
atio
?
whe
re c
ritic
al p
ower
is
calc
ulat
ed f
rom
the
GE
XL
corr
elat
ion.
CP
R c
an b
e ev
alua
ted
for
a fu
el b
undl
e or
for
a si
ngle
rod
.
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prie
tary
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The
Saf
ety
Lim
it M
CP
R S
AF
DL
Quo
te fr
om S
ectio
n 5.
2 of
NR
C S
afet
y E
valu
atio
n R
epor
t A
ppro
ving
Rev
isio
n 0
NE
DE
-240
11-P
(“G
ener
ic R
eloa
d F
uel
App
licat
ion”
, G
ES
TAR
II)
tran
smitt
ed M
ay 1
2, 1
978.
5.2
Fuel
Cla
ddin
g In
tegr
ity S
afet
y Li
mit
MC
PRG
ener
al D
esig
n C
riter
ion
10 r
equi
res
that
the
reac
tor
core
be
desi
gned
with
ap
prop
riate
mar
gin,
to a
ssur
e th
at s
peci
fied
acce
ptab
le fu
el d
esig
n lim
its (
SA
FD
L)
are
not e
xcee
ded
durin
g an
y co
nditi
on o
f nor
mal
ope
ratio
n, in
clud
ing
the
effe
cts
of a
bnor
mal
ope
ratio
nal t
rans
ient
s. In
ord
er to
avo
id fu
el d
amag
e ca
used
by
over
heat
ing
of th
e cl
addi
ng, t
rans
ient
con
sequ
ence
s ar
e lim
ited
such
that
mor
e th
an 9
9.9%
of t
he fu
el r
ods
wou
ld b
e ex
pect
ed to
avo
id b
oilin
g tr
ansi
tion
durin
g a
tran
sien
t eve
nt. T
his
desi
gn b
asis
has
bee
n pr
evio
usly
acc
epte
d fo
r in
itial
and
re
load
cor
e ap
plic
atio
ns in
con
nect
ion
with
the
staf
f’s r
evie
w o
f the
Gen
eral
E
lect
ric T
herm
al A
naly
sis
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
) m
etho
d.
8
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Wha
t is
the
Saf
ety
Lim
it M
CP
R?
Saf
ety
Lim
it M
inim
um C
ritic
al P
ower
Rat
io
(SLM
CP
R)
is th
e m
inim
um C
PR
dur
ing
the
mos
t lim
iting
Ant
icip
ated
Ope
ratio
nal
Occ
urre
nce
(AO
O)
tran
sien
t suc
h th
at
cons
ider
ing
unce
rtai
ntie
s in
mon
itorin
g th
e co
re o
pera
ting
stat
e, 9
9.9%
of t
he r
ods
in th
e co
re m
ust b
e ex
pect
ed to
avo
id b
oilin
g tr
ansi
tion
(BT
).
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OLM
CP
R a
nd S
LMC
PR
Ope
ratin
g lim
it M
CP
R (
OLM
CP
R)
is c
alcu
late
d as
OLM
CP
R >
SLM
CP
R +
max
ΔC
PR
so in
the
eve
nt o
f th
e lim
iting
tra
nsie
nt e
vent
giv
ing
the
max
imum
tra
nsie
nt Δ
CP
R w
ill r
esul
t in
a
min
imum
CP
R >
SLM
CP
R t
hus
ensu
ring
(con
side
ring
calc
ulat
iona
l and
mon
itorin
g un
cert
aint
ies
) th
at 9
9.9%
of t
he r
ods
in th
e co
re
will
be
expe
cted
to
avoi
d bo
iling
tra
nsiti
on (
BT
).
The
SLM
CP
R v
alue
is c
alcu
late
d (c
onsi
derin
g un
cert
aint
ies)
as
the
low
est s
tead
y st
ate
MC
PR
su
ch th
at th
e pe
rcen
tage
num
ber
of ro
ds
susc
eptib
le t
o bo
iling
tran
sitio
n sa
tisfie
s%
NR
SB
T≤
0.1%
. 10
CPR
1.50
1.48
1.46
1.44
1.42
1.40
↑ O
pera
tion
1.38
1.36
1.34
1.32
1.30
OLM
CPR
1.28
1.26
1.24
1.22
1.20
1.18
1.16
1.14
1.12
1.10
SLM
CPR
1.08
1.06
1.04
1.02
1.00
B T
↕ o
pera
ting
mar
gin
↓ tr
ansi
tion
boili
ng
↕
max
imum
tr
ansi
ent
ΔCP
R
↕ s
afet
y
mar
gin
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•S
afet
y Li
mit
Des
ign
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
Ana
lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
SB
T
•D
escr
iptio
n of
the
unce
rtai
ntie
s an
d ho
w th
ey a
re
appl
ied,
des
crip
tion
of th
e sa
mpl
ing
met
hods
, etc
.
•R
evis
ed S
LMC
PR
Met
hodo
logy
(N
ED
C-3
2694
P-A
)
•R
educ
ed S
LMC
PR
Unc
erta
intie
s (N
ED
C-3
2601
P-A
)
•C
ycle
-spe
cific
App
licat
ion
Pro
cess
Age
nda:
2 o
f 6
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prie
tary
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rmat
ion
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lass
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ublic
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Rel
evan
t Lic
ensi
ng D
ocum
enta
tion
•N
ED
O-1
0958
-A,
Gen
eral
Ele
ctric
BW
R T
herm
al A
naly
sis
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
): D
ata,
Cor
rela
tion
and
Des
ign
App
licat
ion
(Jan
uary
197
7)
•N
ED
C-3
2601
P-A
, M
etho
dolo
gy a
nd U
ncer
tain
ties
for
Saf
ety
Lim
it M
CP
R E
valu
atio
ns (
Aug
ust 1
999)
•N
ED
C-3
2694
P-A
, P
ower
Dis
trib
utio
n U
ncer
tain
ties
for
Saf
ety
Lim
it M
CP
R E
valu
atio
ns (
Aug
ust 1
999)
•A
men
dmen
t 25
to N
ED
E-2
4011
-P,
GE
STA
R-I
I (M
FN
-003
-99
, Mar
ch 1
1, 1
999;
TA
C N
OS
. M97
490,
M99
069,
and
M
9749
1)
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EC
PR
Exa
mpl
es
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Cor
rela
tion
of S
LMC
PR
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alcu
late
d fr
om N
RC
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rove
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onte
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lo P
roce
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Age
nda:
3 o
f 6
•S
afet
y Li
mit
Des
ign
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
Ana
lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
SB
T
•D
escr
iptio
n of
the
unce
rtai
ntie
s an
d ho
w th
ey a
re
appl
ied,
des
crip
tion
of th
e sa
mpl
ing
met
hods
, etc
.
•R
evis
ed S
LMC
PR
Met
hodo
logy
(N
ED
C-3
2694
P-A
)
•R
educ
ed S
LMC
PR
Unc
erta
intie
s (N
ED
C-3
2601
P-A
)
•C
ycle
-spe
cific
App
licat
ion
Pro
cess
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prie
tary
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hodo
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ncer
tain
ties
19
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prie
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rmat
ion
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lass
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Pow
er U
ncer
tain
ties
(det
ails
giv
en la
ter)
•B
undl
e P
ower
unc
erta
inty
•R
-fac
tor
unce
rtai
nty
com
pone
nts
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IP u
ncer
tain
ties
oS
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ctiv
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ncer
tain
ty
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Pla
nt a
nd C
ore
Unc
erta
intie
s
•To
tal c
ore
flow
•In
divi
dual
cha
nnel
flow
are
a
•In
divi
dual
cha
nnel
fric
tion
fact
or, 2
-pha
se fr
ictio
n fa
ctor
mul
tiplie
r
•R
eact
or p
ress
ure
•C
ore
inle
t tem
pera
ture
(en
thal
py)
•F
eedw
ater
flo
w, t
empe
ratu
re
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Gen
eric
Pla
nt S
yste
m U
ncer
tain
ties
Des
crip
tion
of U
nce
rtai
nty
Inp
ut
Var
iab
leIn
pu
t V
alu
es (
%)
core
flo
w r
ate
(d
eriv
ed f
rom
pre
ssu
re d
rop
)[[
ind
ivid
ual
ch
ann
el f
low
are
ain
div
idu
al c
han
nel
fri
ctio
n f
acto
rfr
icti
on fa
ctor
mu
ltip
lier
reac
tor
pre
ssu
reco
re in
let
tem
per
atu
refe
edw
ater
tem
per
atu
refe
edw
ater
flo
w ra
te]]
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Sta
tistic
al A
naly
sis
Met
hodo
logy
GE
SA
M02
P is
the
curr
ent E
ngin
eerin
g C
ompu
ter
Pro
gram
(E
CP
) us
ed to
cal
cula
te
the
SLM
CP
R u
sing
Mon
te C
arlo
sam
plin
g fr
om th
e se
t of a
ll sp
ecifi
ed u
ncer
tain
ties
that
influ
ence
rod
CP
Rs.
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GE
SA
M
Cal
cula
tion
Pro
cedu
re f
or
SLM
CP
R
Eva
luat
ions
Fig
ure
4.1
in
NE
DC
-326
01P
-A
(like
Fig
ure
IV-4
in
GE
TAB
)
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Str
atifi
ed S
ampl
ing
for
Cor
e P
ower
& In
let T
emp.
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Age
nda:
4 o
f 6
•S
afet
y Li
mit
Des
ign
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
Ana
lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
SB
T
•D
escr
iptio
n of
the
unce
rtai
ntie
s an
d ho
w th
ey a
re
appl
ied,
des
crip
tion
of th
e sa
mpl
ing
met
hods
, etc
.
•R
evis
ed S
LMC
PR
Met
hodo
logy
(N
ED
C-3
2694
P-A
)
•R
educ
ed S
LMC
PR
Unc
erta
intie
s (N
ED
C-3
2601
P-A
)
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ycle
-spe
cific
App
licat
ion
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cess
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5 o
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•S
afet
y Li
mit
Des
ign
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
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lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
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T
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n of
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crip
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mpl
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evis
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LMC
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hodo
logy
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educ
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LMC
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erta
intie
s (N
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2601
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Age
nda:
6 o
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•S
afet
y Li
mit
Des
ign
Bas
is (
GE
TAB
,NE
DO
-109
58-A
)
•H
ow th
e S
tatis
tical
Ana
lysi
s D
eter
min
es %
NR
SB
T
•D
escr
iptio
n of
the
unce
rtai
ntie
s an
d ho
w th
ey a
re
appl
ied,
des
crip
tion
of th
e sa
mpl
ing
met
hods
, etc
.
•R
evis
ed S
LMC
PR
Met
hodo
logy
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2694
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evis
ed S
LMC
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erta
intie
s (N
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2601
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Era
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dE
EE
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LCF
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FM
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off-
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M
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SLM
CPR
Requ
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y (1
of 2
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36
Tab
le 3
. M
onte
Car
lo C
alcu
late
d S
LM
CP
R v
s. E
stim
ate
Des
crip
tion
Pre
viou
s C
ycle
M
inim
um
Cor
e F
low
L
imit
ing
Cas
e
Pre
viou
s C
ycle
Rat
ed C
ore
Flo
w
Lim
itin
g C
ase
Cu
rren
t C
ycle
Min
imu
m
Cor
e F
low
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itin
g C
ase
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rren
t C
ycle
Rat
ed C
ore
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ase
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Tab
le 3
. M
onte
Car
lo C
alcu
late
d S
LM
CP
R v
s. E
stim
ate
Des
crip
tion
Pre
viou
s C
ycle
M
inim
um
Cor
e F
low
L
imit
ing
Cas
e
Pre
viou
s C
ycle
Rat
ed C
ore
Flo
w
Lim
itin
g C
ase
Cu
rren
t C
ycle
Min
imu
m
Cor
e F
low
Lim
itin
g C
ase
Cu
rren
t C
ycle
Rat
ed C
ore
Flo
w
Lim
itin
g C
ase
Req
uest
ed C
hang
e to
the
Tec
hnic
al S
peci
fica
tion
S
LM
CP
R
N/A
1.09
(T
LO
)/ 1
.12
(SL
O)
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Con
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•S
LMC
PR
act
iviti
es a
re g
uide
d by
a s
erie
s of
Des
ign
Bas
is (
DB
) D
ocum
ents
, Tec
hnic
al D
esig
n P
roce
dure
s (T
DP
), a
nd a
n A
pplic
atio
n G
uide
(A
G).
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erifi
catio
n pr
oces
s is
aid
ed b
y D
esig
n V
erifi
catio
n G
uide
(D
VG
) ch
eckl
ist.
•R
elev
ant
qual
ity r
ecor
ds p
erta
inin
g to
SLM
CP
R c
alcu
latio
ns a
re
verif
ied,
app
rove
d, s
tore
d an
d ar
chiv
ed in
acc
orda
nce
with
re
quire
men
ts a
nd p
roce
dure
s.
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Dis
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Acr
onym
s (1
of 3
)A
Gap
plic
atio
n gu
ide
ALC
as-lo
aded
cor
eA
OO
antic
ipat
ed o
pera
tiona
l occ
urre
nce
(FS
AR
Cha
pter
15
tran
sien
ts)
BO
Cbe
ginn
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of c
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BT
boili
ng tr
ansi
tion
BW
Rbo
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wat
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WR
ED
BB
WR
engi
neer
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data
ban
kC
HF
criti
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eat f
lux
CP
R
criti
cal p
ower
ratio
DB
desi
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asis
DN
Bde
part
ure
from
nuc
leat
e bo
iling
EC
Oen
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ange
ord
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engi
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com
pute
r pr
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mE
CP
Rca
lcul
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crit
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pow
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exp
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enta
l crit
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pow
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tioE
OC
end
of c
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EO
Ren
ded
of ra
ted
(nea
r E
OC
for
rat
ed p
ower
ope
ratio
n)
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Acr
onym
s (2
of 3
)F
CV
flow
con
trol
val
ve (
in th
e re
circ
ulat
ion
loop
)F
RE
Dfu
el re
load
-lice
nsin
g en
gine
erin
g da
ta (
AG
-000
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SA
Rfin
al s
afet
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alys
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Eth
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basi
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EX
LG
Equ
ality
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ver
sus
boili
ng le
ngth
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cor
rela
tion
of c
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al p
ower
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incr
ease
d co
re fl
owLC
Flo
wes
t (lic
ense
d) c
ore
flow
(fo
r a
part
icul
ar c
ore
pow
er)
MC
PR
min
imum
CPR
ME
LLLA
+m
axim
um e
xten
ded
load
line
lim
it an
alys
is p
lus
(NE
DC
-330
06P
-A, R
3, J
une
2009
)
MIP
MC
PR
impo
rtan
ce p
aram
eter
MO
Cm
iddl
e of
cyc
leN
RS
BT
num
ber
rods
sus
cept
ible
to b
oilin
g tra
nsiti
onO
LMC
PR
oper
atin
g lim
it m
inim
um c
ritic
al p
ower
ratio
OP
Lop
erat
ing
para
met
ers
for
licen
sing
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Acr
onym
s (3
of 3
)R
CF
rate
d co
re fl
owR
IPR
-fac
tor
impo
rtan
ce p
aram
eter
RIP
BA
RR
IPaverage
(effe
ctiv
e av
erag
e R
IP fo
r al
l par
ticip
atin
g bu
ndle
s in
cor
e)S
AF
DL
spec
ified
acc
epta
ble
fuel
des
ign
limit
SL
safe
ty li
mit
SLM
CP
Rsa
fety
lim
it m
inim
um c
ritic
al p
ower
ratio
SLO
sing
le lo
op o
pera
tion
(or
oper
atin
g w
ith le
ss th
an a
ll re
circ
ulat
ion
loop
s)S
RLR
supp
lem
enta
l rel
oad
licen
sing
repo
rtT
DP
tech
nica
l des
ign
proc
edur
eT
IPtra
vers
ing
in-c
ore
prob
eT
LOtw
o lo
op o
pera
tions
(fo
r je
t pum
p pl
ants
or
all e
xter
nal r
ecirc
loop
s)W
ILM
Aw
ork
inst
ruct
ion
list f
or m
ulti-
cycl
e an
alys
is fo
rm (
AG
-004
4)