Transient Studies of Ghana Research Reactor-1 after Nineteen (19) Years of Operation Using PARET/ANL Code
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2017-10Author
Mweetwa, Bright M.
Amoako, Emmanuel A.
Akaho, Edward H. K.
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The Program for the Analysis of Reactor Transients/Argonne National Laboratory
(PARET/ANL) code was used to predict the thermal hydraulic behaviour
of the Ghana Research Reactor-1 after adding 9.0 mm of beryllium to
the top shim tray of the core. The core was analysed for reactivity insertions
2.1 mk, 3.0 mk, 4.0 mk, 5.0 mk and 6.7 mk, respectively. The reactor is still
safe to operate in the range 2.1 mk to 4.0 mk. However, 2.1 mk would be ideal
since the reactor automatic shutdown (SCRAM) is set not to exceed 120% of
reactor nominal power