Sodium Fire Collaborative Study Progress (CNWG Fiscal Year 2022)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Oarai (Japan)
This report discusses the progress on the collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) on the sodium fire research in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and is a continuation of the FY 2021 progress report. We only report the changes made to the current sodium pool fire model in MELCOR. We modified and corrected many control functions to enhance the fraction of oxygen consumed that reacts to form monoxide (FO2) parameter in the current model from the FY2021 report. This year's enhancements relate to better agreement of the suspended aerosol measurement from JAEA's F7 series tests. Staff from Sandia and JAEA conducted the validation studies of the sodium pool fire model in MELCOR. To validate this pool fire model with the latest enhancement, JAEA sodium pool fire experiments (F7-1 and F7-2) were used. The results of the calculation, including the code-to-code comparisons are discussed as well as suggestions for further model improvement. Finally, recommendations are made for new MELCOR simulations for FY 2023.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Development. Office of Nuclear Energy Technologies; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1892376
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2022-14235; 710926
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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