Published December 2014 | Version v1
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Calculation of spent fuel pool severe accident with MELCOR

Creators

  • 1. Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu (China)
  • 2. Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing (China)

Description

A calculation model was established for spent fuel pool (SFP) using MELCOR code to study the severe accident phenomena caused by the long term station black-out (SBO), including spent fuel heatup, zirconium cladding oxidation, and the injection into SFP to mitigate the severe accident. The results show that the severe accident progression is slow and relates directly with the initial water level in SFP. It is illustrated that the injection into SFP is one of the best mitigated measures for the SFP severe accident. (authors)

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.7538/yzk.2014.48.12.2287;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Atomic Energy Science and Technology
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 2287-2291
ISSN
1000-6931

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
China
INIS RN
48088735
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; DESIGN-BASIS ACCIDENTS; FUEL CANS; FUEL STORAGE POOLS; LEVELS; M CODES; OXIDATION; SPENT FUELS; WATER; ZIRCONIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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Notes
6 figs., 2 tabs., 9 refs.; http://dx.doi.org/10.7538/yzk.2014.48.12.2287