Thermohydraulic analysis of loss of coolant accident (LOCA) in the RP-10 reactor

The loss of coolant accident proposed is the rupture of the tangential tube that goes through the reactor walls in any part within the reactor pool, leaking water from the inner of the reactor tank through the ends of the tangential tube, connected to the exterior. From the thermohydraulic analysis performed it is concluded that in case there is no an Emergency Coolant Core System (ECCS), nuclear fuel elements would be melted; furthermore, the ECCS should act at least during 150,000 seconds to assure that coolant with tight air is enough to cool fuel elements