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Analysis of Closed-Pool Boilup Using the TRANSIT-HYDRO Code. [LMFBR]

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OSTI ID:6112741
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
The benign termination of the transition phase of a hypothetical LMFBR accident rest on the avoidance of highly energetic recriticalities prior to escape of bottled molten core materials from the active core region. In scenarios where molten fuel is trapped due to axial blockages, the maintenance of subcritical configurations until radial flow paths develop requires stable boil-up of the molten fuel/steel mixture. This paper describes the analysis of an experiment investigating the behavior of closed boiling pools using the two-fluid hydrodynamics module of TRANSIT-HYDRO, a deterministic transition-phase analysis code.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6112741
Report Number(s):
CONF-830609--69; ON: DE85004815
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English