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
---------------------------------------------------- Joseph E. Willett, P.E. Principal Reactor Engineer-Fuel Nuclear Operations Division
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