Status of ICARE2 and ICARE/CATHARE development
- Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire, St. Paul-lez-Durance (France)
The Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire is carrying out a severe-accident program involving both experiments (PHEBUS FP, in particular) and computer code development (ICARE2 and ICARE/CATHARE as far as the primary circuit phenomenology is concerned). The goal is to gain knowledge on core degradation and fission product behavior for safety analysis. This process will build a validated primary circuit code to predict the consequences of a severe accident in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) up to a possible lower head failure (ICARE/CATHARE), thus providing the boundary conditions for ex-vessel corium behavior, in particular for spreading in the new-generation reactor core catcher.
- OSTI ID:
- 426463
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961103--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 75; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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