Development and validation of a TRACE/PARCS core model of Leibstadt Kernkraftwerk cycle 19

M Hursin, S Bogetic, A Dohkane, S Canepa… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper deals with the development of a TRACE/PARCS plenum to plenum model for the
Swiss Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Leibstadt (KKL), for cycle 19. It summarizes a …

BWR control rod drift analysis capability in the US NRC Core Simulator PATHS/PARCS

P Yarsky, Y Xu, A Ward, N Hudson… - Nuclear Technology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract On November 3, 2008, an unexpected drift of the last three of 177 control rods
occurred at the Dresden Unit 3 boiling water reactor. The root cause of the control rod drift …