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# Product Spotlight: 3D Rod Ejection Licensed Methodology (3DRE)

 May 12, 2021 by [Westinghouse Electric Company](https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/blog/author/westinghouse)

**Categories:** [Nuclear Fuel](https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/blog/tag/nuclear-fuel), [Technology & Innovation](https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/blog/tag/technology-innovation)

*In an ever-changing regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance of analysis methods is one less challenge that nuclear utilities need to face.*

Our 3D Rod Ejection Licensed Methodology (3DRE) is an NRC-compliant transient analysis that provides a more realistic simulation than the previous, one-dimensional method. Our experts can perform these analyses for our utility partners with our global experience implementing the 3DRE methodology. For plants who self-perform these kinetics simulations, we leverage our expertise to provide training and technology licensing.

With improved accuracy and flexibility, 3DRE analyses offers a seamless transition to the latest technologies and approaches. By continually and proactively improving upon our methodologies, our customers can spend less time ensuring compliance and more time on their operational strategies.

#### Product Details

- Allows for a variety of Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio (DNBR) correlations, fuel performance models and plant operating strategies
- Forward-thinking design analyzes cores with both Westinghouse- and mixed vendor-fueled cores
- Applicable to both new plant builds and current operating plants

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