A Flooding Induced Station Blackout Analysis for a Pressurized Water Reactor Using the RISMC Toolkit

<div>Limit surface for 100% (a) and 120% (b) cases: AC recovery time versus DG failure time. Note how the failure region <svg height="11.8239pt" id="M59" style="vertical-align:-0.04979992pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.7741 16.0931 11.8239" width="16.0931pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M719 146L691 147C666 77 657 72 612 72H528C572 125 688 224 688 364C688 546 558 665 384 665C212 665 77 541 77 361C77 221 188 124 239 72H150C110 72 97 80 73 147L46 146L63 0H307L314 18C284 71 178 203 178 360C178 529 256 631 383 631C509 631 588 523 588 363C588 197 485 67 453 18L458 0H701L719 146Z" id="g113-153"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="757" vert-adv-y="757"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,9.841,-5.741)"><path d="M606 650H137L129 618C217 609 221 609 203 518L129 129C115 46 106 40 26 32L18 0H300L307 32C210 40 203 45 218 129L249 305H358C454 305 455 296 457 219H491L531 425H497C465 353 463 350 366 350H259L300 569C306 605 310 611 346 611H444C522 611 535 598 541 578C550 557 553 519 552 485L588 489L606 650Z" id="g50-71"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="630" vert-adv-y="630"></glyph.data></g></svg> (red area) expands if power increases from 100% to 120%.</div>

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Figure 18: A Flooding Induced Station Blackout Analysis for a Pressurized Water Reactor Using the RISMC Toolkit 