Fuel relocation modeling in the SAS4A accident analysis code system
SAS4A is a new code system which has been designed for analyzing the initial phase of Hypothetical Core Disruptive Accidents (HCDAs) up to gross melting or failure of the subassembly walls. During such postulated accident scenarios as the Loss-of-Flow (LOF) and Transient-Overpower (TOP) events, the relocation of the fuel plays a key role in determining the sequence of events and the amount of energy produced before neutronic shutdown. This paper discusses the general strategy used in modeling the various phenomena which lead to fuel relocation and presents the key fuel relocation models used in SAS4A. The implications of these models for the whole-core accident analysis as well as recent results of fuel motion experiment analyses are also presented.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6065222
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-850410-27; ON: DE85005104; TRN: 85-006407
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANS/ENS fast reactor safety meeting, Knoxville, TN, USA, 21 Apr 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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