Steam explosions: Fundamentals and energetic behavior
Creators
- 1. California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
Description
This report presents the results of a multifaceted research effort in the field of steam explosions. The scope ranges from the fundamentals to assessing the energetics in applications relevant to Severe Accidents in Light Water Reactors. The consideration of fundamentals is built around two key ideas: the water depletion phenomenon during premixing and the microinteractions, including fragmentation kinetics, during propagation. The application to reactor conditions includes consideration of in-vessel steam explosions in PWRs and ex-vessel explosions in all five containment designs in current plants (in the USA). The report is structured in three parts, dealing with premixing, propagation, and energetics, respectively
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as TI94007314; NTIS; GPO.
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 284 p.
- Report number
- NUREG/CR--5960
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 25058748
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPLOSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MIXING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; SHOCK WAVES; STEAM; TEST FACILITIES; TRANSIENTS; VAPORS; VOID FRACTION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; DATA; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FLUIDS; GASES; INFORMATION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Funding organization
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States).