Analyses of corium spreading in Mark I containment geometry [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Rockville, Md. : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1991.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: (26 pages) : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Argonne National Laboratory
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- An assessment of melt spreading in the Mark I system has been carried out using the MELTSPREAD-1 computer code together with supporting analyses. Application of MELTSPREAD-1 confirms the calculation of shell survival in a wet containment for the most probable melt release conditions from NUREG/CR-5423. According to MELTSPREAD-1, a dry containment also may not be threatened by melt spreading. This reflects the heat losses undergone by the melt in the process of spreading to the shell conservatively neglected in NUREG/CR-5423. However, there exist parameter ranges outside the most probable set where shell failure may be calculated. Accounting for the breakup and quenching of melt relocating through a deep layer of subcooled water also conservatively neglected in NUREG/CR-5423 can reduce the set of parameter variations for which containment failure is calculated in the wet case.
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1991.
"anl/cp-74781"
" conf-911079--13"
"DE92004140"
19. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) water reactor safety information meeting, Bethesda, MD (United States), 28-30 Oct 1991.
Chu, C.C.; Sienicki, J.J.; Farmer, M.T. - Funding Information:
- W-31109-ENG-38
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