• Title of article

    Considerationsonex-vesselcoriumbehavior:Scenarios,MCCIandcoolability

  • Author/Authors

    H.-J.Allelein، نويسنده , , M.Bürger، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    17
  • From page
    2220
  • To page
    2236
  • Abstract
    Theaimofthiseditorialarticleistoprovidesomestructuringofthesubjectaddressedinthispartoftheissue,which,intheviewofthepresentauthors,hasnotthatclearlybeenreachedbythespecificcontributions.Ex-vesselcoriumbehaviorisawidefield.Therefore,classificationofthegoalsofinvestigationswithinasafetyphilosophyisespeciallyrequiredtogetnotlostindetailedaspects.Theoverallgoalsherearethecoolabilityandretentionoptionsunderex-vesselconditions.Basedonscenarioconsiderationsgenerallyaddressingrisksandoptions,generalprinciplesofcoolingandretentiondevicesareoutlined.Sincetheconcreteerosionbymeltyieldsamajorriskandhastobeconsideredintheconceptsanddevices,andalsosinceseveralcontributionstothispartaredealingwithspecificaspectsofthismoltencore-concreteinteraction(MCCI),alargepartofthiseditorialpaperconcernsthestatusofknowledgeandmodelingandthelinesofresearchinthisarea.ThestatusandtheperspectivesofcodesisespeciallyaddressedbyowncontributionsofoneoftheauthorswiththeGRScodeWEXandwithMEDICIS,bothcodesincludedintheEuropeanintegralcodeASTEC.Finally,thecoolabilityquestionsarediscussedwithrespecttothedifferentconceptsingeneralandthoseaddressedspecificallyinthepresentcontributions.Insomeconsiderations,gasproductionbyerosionplaysaroletoproduceporousorparticulatedebrisandthustoenhancecoolability.Waterinjectionfrombottomisamoredirectandprobablymoreeffectivemeasuretoreachthis,specificallydesignedintheCOMETcorecatcherconcept.Specificcontributionsinthispartdealwiththisconcept,whichismostcloselyrelatedtothegeneralsubjectofthepresentissue.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941334