Research Article
ASTEC–MAAP Comparison of a 2 Inch Cold Leg LOCA until RPV Failure
Table 1
Comparison of the steady state operational conditions predicted by ASTEC and MAAP.
| VARIABLE | ASTEC 2.1.1 | MAAP 5.0.2 |
| Primary System | Cold leg flowrate [kg/s] | 4735.6 | 4735.84 | PZR pressure [bar] | 155.16 | 155.87 | Inlet Core Temperature [K] | 560.06 | 559.55 | Outlet Core Temperature [K] | 594.50 | 594.64 | PZR level [m] | 6.44 | 6.29 |
| Secondary System | SG recirculation ratio [-] | 4.15 | 4.15 | SG water level [m] | 12.86 | 12.86 | SG pressure [bar] | 58.02 | 58.02 | SG water mass [kg] | 44385 | 44362 |
| Containment | Pressure [Pa] | 1.02e5 | 1.04e5 | Temperature [K] | 308 | 310 |
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