Applied Fundamentals cont'd

DOE-HDBK-1203-97

power defect

pressure coefficient

void coefficient

Evaluate the impact of decay heat generation on post-trip operations for

varying facility conditions

Describe the bases for limits on power escalation and dissension

Calculate reactivity balance, critical rod position, shutdown margin, and

inverse count-rate ratios (1/m)

Determine the effect of poison concentration and loading on reactivity control

and fuel management for the following:

fission product poisons

burnable poisons

nonburnable poisons

Determine the effect of each of the following on reactivity control and facility

operations:

thermal hydraulic limits

linear heat generation rates

minimum critical power ratio

average planar linear heat generation rate

peaking factors

Evaluate the effect of the following on reactivity control and facility operations:

unbalanced core flow

recirculation flow changes

control rod movements

natural circulation

thermal-hydraulic instabilities

main generator load changes

inadvertent changes in burnable poison concentration

xenon and samarium concentration

Discuss the ways to prevent, identify, and mitigate operation with failed fuel.