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SPES-2, the full-height, full-pressure, test facility simulating the AP600 plant: Main results from the experimental campaign

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OSTI ID:225228
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  1. SIET S.p.A., Piacenza (Italy)
  2. ENEA-ERG, Rome (Italy)
  3. ENEA-ERG-FISS, Bologna (Italy)
  4. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
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The SPES-2 is a full height, full pressure experimental test facility reproducing the Westinghouse AP600 reactor with a scaling factor of 1/395. The experimental plant, designed and operated by SIET in Piacenza, consists of a full simulation of the AP600 primary core cooling system including all the passive and active safety systems. In 1992, Westinghouse, in cooperation with ENEL, ENEA, SIET and ANSALDO developed an experimental program to test the integrated behavior of the AP600 passive safety systems. The SPES-2 test matrix, concluded in November 1994, has examined the AP600 passive safety system response for a range of small break LOCAs at different locations on the primary system and on the passive system lines; single steam generator tube ruptures with both passive and active non-safety systems, and a main steam line break transient to demonstrate the capability of passive safety systems for rapid cooldown. Each of the tests has provided detailed experimental results for verification of the capability of the analysis methods to predict the integrated passive safety system behavior.
OSTI ID:
225228
Report Number(s):
CONF-951010--; ISBN 0-7918-1487-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
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