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Table 4.5 Basic parameters of AP-1000 US Generation III+ PWR
NPP (Shultis and Faw [7,8])

Parameter Value
Thermal power (MW th ) 3415
Electrical power (MW el ) 1110
Thermal efficiency (%) 33
Number of loops 2
Hot leg temperature (°C) 321
No. of fuel bundles 157
Type of fuel assembly 17 17
Active fuel height (m) 4.3
1
Linear heat flux (kWm ) 18.7
Control rod clusters assemblies 53 (16Gy)
Reactor vessel ID (m) 3.99
1
3
Vessel flow rate (m h ) 68,100

Table 4.6 Main design and operating parameters for EPR (AREVA)

Parameter Value
Thermal power (MW th ) 4590
Electrical power (MW el ) 1650
Gross thermal efficiency (%) 36–37
No. of loops 4
Operating/design pressure (MPa) 15.5/17.6
RPV inlet/outlet temperatures (°C) 295/330 (T sat @ 15.5MPa¼345°C)
3
Total flow/loop rate (m h 1) 28,315
Main steam operating/design pressure (MPa) 7.72/10

Core
Active height (m) 4.2
No. of fuel assemblies 241
No. of RCCAs (rod cluster control assemblies) 89
Fuel-assembly array (bundle) 17 17
No. of fuel rods 63,865
1
Average linear heat flux (kWm ) 16.7
Based on data from AREVA (France) http://www.areva.com/EN/operations-5444/epr-reactor-fact-sheet.html;
[Accessed 15 October 2017].