Melt coolability modeling and comparison to MACE test results

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5509026

Farmer, M T; Sienicki, J J; Spencer, B W

An important question in the assessment of severe accidents in light water nuclear reactors is the ability of water to quench a molten corium-concrete interaction and thereby terminate the accident progression. As part of the Melt Attack and Coolability Experiment (MACE) Program, phenomenological models of the corium quenching process are under development. The modeling approach considers both bulk cooldown and crust-limited heat transfer regimes, as well as criteria for the pool thermal hydraulic conditions which separate the two regimes. The model is then compared with results of the MACE experiments.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5509026
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-75620; CONF-9204105-4; ON: DE92010506; CNN: RP3047-08
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)/Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) specialists meeting, Karlsruhe (Germany), 1-3 Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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