Published October 15, 2008 | Version v1
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Overview of experimental programs on core melt progression and fission product release behaviour

Creators

  • 1. Royal Military College of Canada, P.O. Box 17000, Kingston, Ontario, K7K 7B4 (Canada)
  • 2. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, K0J 1J0 (Canada)
  • 3. Candesco Corporation, 230 Richmond Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 1V6 (Canada)
  • 4. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, CEA Cadarache, Building 315, BP 01, 13108 Saint Paul lez Durance (France)
  • 5. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195 (Japan)

Description

An overview of experimental programs that have been conducted to better understand core melt progression phenomena and fission product behaviour during severe reactor accidents in light water reactors is presented. This discussion principally focuses on the melting and liquefaction of core materials at different temperatures, materials oxidation and relocation, hydrogen generation behaviour, and the release and transport of fission products and aerosols. A comparison of fission product release results from annealing and in-reactor experiments is also presented

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.07.005

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.07.005;
PII
S0022-3115(08)00381-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
380
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 126-143
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40005480
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Descriptors DEI
ANNEALING; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FISSION PRODUCTS; LIQUEFACTION; MELTING; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR CORES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; HEAT TREATMENTS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.