A study of debris-concrete interactions using a modified CORCON.UW code
Book
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OSTI ID:268071
- Inst. Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Salazar (Mexico). Dept. de Sistemas Nucleares
Studies of core debris interaction with concrete have been extensive over last decade. These studies have reached a climax in recent tests of interactions of prototypical melts of UO{sub 2}, ZrO{sub 2}, zirconium, and stainless steel with concrete. Experimental data obtained from these tests have been used for updating and improving models of the codes. One of these codes is CORCON, which has been improving by University of Wisconsin, thus, the new version is called CORCON.UW. So far CORCON.UW is lacking of Kutateladze`s heat transfer correlation, thermochemical data for some silicates and sirconates of barium, strontium, lanthanum, and cerium and optimizing the numerical method to resolve the energy equation system which is used on the heat transfer from pool debris to atmosphere and surroundings. Therefore, with the removal of these lacks, experimental results of chemical power and ablation power from core debris to concrete were best estimated.
- OSTI ID:
- 268071
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960306--; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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