10 Jul
2008
10 Jul
'08
9:43 p.m.
STP has been experiencing a difference between predicted cycle lengths and actual EOC burnup (specifically, over-predictions of cycle length). This effect seems to have begun when we started using 1.5x (B-10 loading) IFBA. Westinghouse uses their APA package for our core design. Has any other utility had a similar experience?
Duane Gore
Supervisor, Reactor Engineering
STPNOC
(361) 972-8909