Title of article :
ComparisonofvariousmodelsforthesimulationofaCoreDisruptiveAccidentintheMARA10mock-upOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors :
Marie-FranceRobbe، نويسنده , , FolcoCasadei، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Abstract :
DuringaHypotheticalCoreDisruptiveAccidentinaLiquidMetalFastBreederReactor,itisassumedthatthecoreofthenuclearreactormeltsdownpartiallyandthattheinteractionbetweenhotmoltenfuelandrelativelycoldliquidsodiumcreatesahigh-pressuregasbubbleinthecore.Theviolentexpansionofthisbubbleloadsanddeformsthereactorvesselandtheinternalstructures,thusendangeringthesafetyofthenuclearplant.
TheMARA10experimentaltestsimulatesaCoreDisruptiveAccidentina1/30-scalemock-upschematisingareactorblock.Inthemock-up,theliquidsodiumcoolingthereactorcoreisreplacedbywaterandtheargonblanketlayingbelowthereactorroofissimulatedbyanairblanket.Theexplosionistriggeredbyanexplosivecharge.
ThispaperpresentssomemodelsavailablewithintheEUROPLEXUScodetosimulateaCoreDisruptiveAccidentandananalysisofthecomputedresults.Inparticular,resultsarecomparedwithexperimentalmeasurementsandpreviousnumericalsimulationscarriedoutwiththecodesSIRIUSandCASTEM-PLEXUS.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah