In the most challenging nuclear power plant accidents, transient critical heat flux (CHF) is a primary phenomenon that drives peak cladding temperature, and ultimately, fuel failure. It has not yet been determined whether the use of steady-state CHF methods can accurately predict transient CHF under the conditions of a blowdown due to a loss-of-coolant accident.
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