Capabilities of the ATHENA computer code for modeling the SP-100 space reactor concept
Abstract
The capability to perform thermal-hydraulic analyses of an SP-100 space reactor was demonstrated using the ATHENA computer code. The preliminary General Electric SP-100 design was modeled using Athena. The model simulates the fast reactor, liquid-lithium coolant loops, and lithium-filled heat pipes of this design. Two ATHENA demonstration calculations were performed simulating accident scenarios. A mask for the SP-100 model and an interface with the Nuclear Plant Analyzer (NPA) were developed, allowing a graphic display of the calculated results on the NPA.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- September 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985cacc.rept.....F
- Keywords:
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- Coding;
- Computer Programs;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Fluid Flow;
- Heat Pipes;
- Heat Transfer;
- Lithium;
- Potassium;
- Space Power Reactors;
- Accidents;
- Interfaces;
- Mathematical Models;
- Thermodynamics;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics