Definition of Loss of coolant accident (LOCA)

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Loss of coolant accident (LOCA)

The term 'Loss of coolant accident (LOCA)' as it applies to the area of nuclear science can be defined as ' Those postulated accidents that result in a loss of reactor coolant at a rate in excess of the capability of the reactor makeup system from breaks in the reactor coolant pressure boundary, up to and including a break equivalent in size to the double-ended rupture of the largest pipe of the reactor coolant system. '.

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