Research Article

Enhancing Resilience through Nuclear Emergency Preparedness at El Dabaa Site

Table 2

Technical specifications of the VVER-1200 reactor for simulation.

ParameterInitial condition input data

RASCALPCTRAN
TypeGeneric PWR with large, dry containmentVVER-1200
Reactor power3200 MWth [36, 37]
Average burnup-in reactor40000 MWd/MTU [36, 37]
Discharge burnup-in spent fuel storage50000 MWd/MTU [36, 37]
Number of assemblies in core163 [36, 37]
Containment volume2.5E + 06 ft3 [28]
Volume RCS liquid345.3 m3 (VOL from transient file)
U tubes inside each steam generator (SG)10978 [36, 37]
SG water inventory64999.8 kg (MSGA from transient file)
Steam flow rate SG A1.0E + 06 kg/hr (maximum value into rascal)1.57E + 06 kg/hr