[en] A model is implemented to describe the thermodynamic nonequilibrium effects in subcooled boiling regime. The aim is to simulate void distribution and thermodynamic instability, which is practicularly pronounced in research reactors due to high power densities and low system pressures, and to include the influence of the steam formed in this boiling regime on the neutron balance. The model developed considers the competing effects of vaporization and condensation during subcooled boiling. It describes the rate of bubble generation on superheated surfaces and the subsequent condensation of steam in the subcooled liquid. The installed model is validated by postcalculations of two extensive series of experiments. The extended and verified program is used to simulate the Juelich research reactor FRJ-2. For this purpose, a full-scale simulation model of the entire plant is developed ensuring, in particular, a precise reproduction of the geometry and the arrangement of the annular fuel element cooling channels. The modelled reactor plant is first used to simulate normal reactor operation. The resulting steady-state temperature and pressure distributions assuming a thermal power of 23 MW show good agreement with real operating data. Safety investigations are conducted to examine plant behaviour under design-basis accident conditions. This includes failure of all three main coolent pumps with proper and delayed reactor scram. In both cases, the simulation shows that the fuel elements are not endangered in any phase of the transient, although in the event of a delayed scram initial signs of parallel channel instability due to steam formation in the central fuel element are to be observed which, however, only prevails for a short period of 30 ms. (orig./HP)