Westinghouse Development and Customer Support for the New Core Analysis and Design System

摘要

Westinghouse Electric Company has developed its next-generation core analysis and monitoring software products. This new code set more tightly integrates the ANC core simulator and the BEACON? Core Monitoring System . Additionally, Westinghouse has developed a new system for nuclear data generation named NEXUS. Westinghouse recognized that the development of this new system, which replaces the ALPHA-PHOENIX-ANC (APA) and BEACON version 6 systems, required not just a software development effort, but a complete utility transition effort including training and licensing support. This system is now in use by a number of US and international utilities. This paper will describe the features of the NEXUS system, updates to ANC in version 9, integration of ANC version 9 and BEACON version 7 as well as support tools used by Westinghouse to assist utility transition.