Uncertainty analysis of the OECD/NRC Oskarshamn-2 BWR stability Benchmark

• On February 25, 1999, the Oskarshamn-2 NPP experienced a stability event which culminated in diverging power oscillations with a decay ratio of about 1.4. The event was successfully modeled by the TRACE/PARCS coupled system code, and further uncertainty analysis of the event is described in this paper. The results show very good agreement with the plant data, capturing the entire behavior of the transient including the onset of instability, growth of the oscillations (decay ratio) and oscillation frequency. This provides confidence in the prediction of other parameters which are not available from the plant records. This paper shows also how an uncertainty method was implemented for the event. Comparing the calculated uncertainty with the measured uncertainty gives confidence in the BWR stability prediction.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Energiteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Energy Engineering (hsv//eng)

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BWR Stability

Power Oscillations

Uncertainty Analysis

Boiling water reactors

Stability

A-stability

Bwr stabilities

Coupled systems

Decay ratio

Onset of instabilities

Oscillation frequency

Plant data

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