[en] In recent analyses of the initiating phase in LMFBR core disruptive accidents the energy deposition rate may not be nearly so high as originally thought and the development of material motion and interaction may take place on a time scale considerably larger than the classic disassembly time scale of milliseconds. This introduces a considerably different twist to the problem and it becomes apparent that processes heretofore ignored, such as differential motion and heat exchange, may become important. In addition, time scales may become long enough that substantial core material motion may take place and since rearrangement in more critical configurations cannot be absolutely precluded, capability for extended motion analysis, not easily performed with Lagrangian techniques in multi-dimensions, become desirable. Such considerations provided the motivation for developing a hydrodynamic algorithm to resolve these questions, and an Eulerian rather than Lagrangian frame of reference was chosen, primarily to handle extended motion and interpenetration. The results of the study are described