CORCON: a computer program for modelling molten fuel/concrete interactions. [PWR; BWR]
Conference
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OSTI ID:5544706
A computer program modelling the interaction between molten core materials and structural concrete is being developed to provide a capability for making quantitative estimates of reactor fuel-melt accidents. The principal phenomenological models, inter-component heat transfer, concrete erosion, and melt/gas chemical reactions, are described. A code test comparison calculation is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 5544706
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-79-2114C; CONF-800403-11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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