Published 1994
| Version v1
Report
CORVIS achievements and international collaboration
Creators
- 1. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Description
The CORVIS experiments simulate a pool of molten corium in the lower plenum of a RPV and are aimed at qualitative and quantitative investigations of the main phenomena involved in the processes of heat up and failure of the lower head: lower head global failure, jet impingement, heat up and melting or rupture of penetration tubes, tube ejection. Emphasis is given in the paper to the most complete results of metallurgical examination of the CORVIS tests and the international collaboration in the framework of the CORVIS task force. 8 figs., 12 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Large molten pool heat transfer
- Imprint Pagination
- 563 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 513-520.
- Report number
- NEA-CSNI-R--94-11
Conference
- Title
- Workshop on Large Molten Pool Heat Transfer.
- Dates
- 9-11 Mar 1994.
- Place
- Grenoble (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD (NEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD (NEA)
- INIS RN
- 26037791
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS EXPERIMENT; COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS; CORE FLOODING SYSTEMS; CORIUM; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAKS; MELTDOWN; MELTING; PHYSICAL METALLURGY; REACTOR VESSELS; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; CONTAINERS; ECCS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; METALLURGY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS; REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS