Title of article :
NumericalsimulationofaHypotheticalCoreDisruptiveAccidentinasmall-scalemodelofanuclearreactorOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors :
M.F.Robbe، نويسنده , , Michel Lepareux، نويسنده , , E.Treille، نويسنده , , Y.Cariou، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Abstract :
nthecaseofaHypotheticalCoreDisruptiveAccident(HCDA)inaLiquidMetalFastBreederReactor,itisassumedthatthecoreofthenuclearreactorhasmeltedpartiallyandthatthechemicalinteractionbetweenmoltenfuelandliquidsodiumhascreatedahigh-pressuregasbubbleinthecore.Theviolentexpansionofthisbubbleloadsanddeformsthereactorvesselandtheinternalstructures,thusendangeringthesafetyofthenuclearplant.
TheMARA10experimentaltestsimulatesaHCDAina1/30-scalemock-upschematisingareactorblock.Inthemock-up,theliquidsodiumcoolingthereactorcoreisreplacedbywaterandtheargonblanketlayingbelowthereactorroofissimulatedbyanairblanket.Theexplosionistriggeredbyanexplosivecharge.
ThispaperpresentsanumericalsimulationofthetestwiththeEUROPLEXUScodeandananalysisofthecomputedresults.Inparticular,theevolutionofthefluidflowsandthedeformationsoftheinternalandexternalstructuresareanalysedindetail.Finally,thecurrentcomputedresultsarecomparedwiththeexperimentalonesandwithpreviousnumericalresultscomputedwiththeSIRIUSandCASTEM-PLEXUScodes.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
