Analyses of Instability Events in the Peach Bottom-2 BWR Using Thermal-Hydraulic and 3D Neutron Kinetic Coupled Codes Technique

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="23175.fig.017a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2008/423175/figures/23175.fig.017a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Overall transient</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="23175.fig.017b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/stni/volume-2008/423175/figures/23175.fig.017b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>100 to 120 s time window</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Void fraction evolution at mid height (axial level 12) in two selected channels.</table>

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Figure 17: Analyses of Instability Events in the Peach Bottom-2 BWR Using Thermal-Hydraulic and 3D Neutron Kinetic Coupled Codes Technique 