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Title: Contribution to the United States position paper on sodium fires: Design basis and testing

Abstract

There were four large-scale sodium fire tests completed to provide a data base for computer code validation; three for the ABCOVE program and one for the SOFICOV program. The purpose of the ABCOVE program is to provide a basis for judging the adequacy of existing aerosol behavior computer codes to describe inherent aerosol attenuation in containment buildings during postulated accidents. The program involves both analytical calculations by code developers and users, and large-scale confirmatory tests in the 850-m/sup 3/ containment vessel of the Containment Systems Test Facility (CSTF) operated by the Westinghouse Hanford Company. A key element of both programs is that all code calculations are made without knowledge of the experimental results, and thus, provide a true measure of the code capabilities without benefit of post-test fitting.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6650581
Report Number(s):
WHC-SA-0344; CONF-8806270-1
ON: DE89001111
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-87RL10930
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: International Atomic Energy Agency international working group on fast reactors, Moscow, USSR, 6 Jun 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; CONTAINMENT BUILDINGS; FIRES; A CODES; AEROSOLS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS EXPERIMENT; DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; S CODES; SODIUM; ACCIDENTS; ALKALI METALS; BUILDINGS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER CODES; CONTAINMENT; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; METALS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION; SOLS; TESTING; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety

Citation Formats

McCormack, J D. Contribution to the United States position paper on sodium fires: Design basis and testing. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
McCormack, J D. Contribution to the United States position paper on sodium fires: Design basis and testing. United States.
McCormack, J D. 1988. "Contribution to the United States position paper on sodium fires: Design basis and testing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6650581.
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abstractNote = {There were four large-scale sodium fire tests completed to provide a data base for computer code validation; three for the ABCOVE program and one for the SOFICOV program. The purpose of the ABCOVE program is to provide a basis for judging the adequacy of existing aerosol behavior computer codes to describe inherent aerosol attenuation in containment buildings during postulated accidents. The program involves both analytical calculations by code developers and users, and large-scale confirmatory tests in the 850-m/sup 3/ containment vessel of the Containment Systems Test Facility (CSTF) operated by the Westinghouse Hanford Company. A key element of both programs is that all code calculations are made without knowledge of the experimental results, and thus, provide a true measure of the code capabilities without benefit of post-test fitting.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
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