A little more info from Surry ops:

Fort Calhoun has asked about how other sites handle a dropped rod:
We don't declare rods "recovered". The rod would remain inoperable until the PMT is completed.
We would not recover a dropped rod <25% power, the procedure would require us to trip the reactor.

Adina LaFrance

It's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. -Betrand Russell

Nuclear Analysis & Fuel
Reactor Engineer
Surry Power Station
Email: Adina.K.LaFrance@Dom.com
Phone: 757-365-2658
Pager #: 4290

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Subject	[Pwrrm] Definition of When Startup is Complete

FCS has two requirements regarding a dropped rod. First, if we drop more than one rod at power, we trip the reactor. Second, if we drop a single rod during startup, we trip the reactor. What we don't have is a definition of when startup is considered complete, with regards to a dropped rod.

Do other plants have similar requirements and do you have a definition of when startup is complete with regards to a dropped rod?

J. E. Willett

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