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Nuclear Engineering and Design 186 (1998) 177–211 The three-level scaling approach with application to the Purdue University Multi-Dimensional Integral Test Assembly (PUMA) M. Ishii a,*, S.T. Revankar a, T. Leonardi a, R. Dowlati a, M.L. Bertodano a, I. Babelli 1,a, W. Wang a, H. Pokharna a, V.H. Ransom a, R. Viskanta a, J.T. Han b a School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue Uniersity, West Lafayette, IN 47907 -1290, USA b Diision of Systems Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 -0001, USA Received 16 December 1996; received in revised form 12 November 1997; accepted 16 December 1997 Abstract The three-level scaling approach was developed for the scientific design of an integral test facility and then it was applied to the design of the scaled facility known as the Purdue University Multi-Dimensional Integral Test Assembly (PUMA). The NRC Technical Program Group for severe accident scaling developed the conceptual framework for this scaling methodology. The present scaling method consists of the integral system scaling, whose components comprise the first two levels, and the phenomenological scaling constitutes the third level of scaling. More specifically, the scaling is considered as follows: (1) the integral response function scaling, (2) control volume and boundary flow scaling, and (3) local phenomena scaling. The first two levels are termed the top-down approach while the third level is the bottom-up approach. This scheme provides a scaling methodology that is practical and yields technically justifiable results. It ensures that both the steady state and dynamic conditions are simulated within each component, and also scales the inter-