Steam generator tube rupture: studies to improve plant procedure

These accidents have the particularities to lead to atmospheric radioactive release and to be able to be determinated with appropriate operator actions. These radioactive releases are function of several parameters of which sensitivity is analyzed. The major part of the calculations were performed by EDF with an home made code called ''AXEL''. The main conclusions are: - the optimization of the safety injection monitoring to minimize radioactive releases to atmosphere, while ensuring the cooling of the core; - the radioactive releases to atmosphere are very low in any case but much more important if the filling of the steam generator secondary side cannot be avoided