Part A Even when shut down after a period of normal use, a large commercial nuclear...
Even when shut down after a period of normal use, a large commercial nuclear reactor produces heat at the rate of 142 MW by the radioactive decay of fission products. This causes a rapid increase in temperature if the cooling system fails (a) Calculate the rate of temperature increase in degrees Celsius per second (°C/S), if the mass of the reactor core is 1.60 x 10° kg and has an average specific heat of 0.0800 kcal/(kg·°C) oC/s (b) How long...
Even when shut down after a period of normal use, a large commercial nuclear reactor produces heat at the rate of 162 MW by the radioactive decay of fission products. This causes a rapid increase in temperature if the cooling system fails. Answers are NOT 12650 and 0.181 for #1. Even when shut down after a period of normal use, a large commercial nuclear reactor produces heat at the rate of 162 MW by the radioactive decay of fission products....