Accident sequences simulated at the Juragua nuclear power plant
Different hypothetical accident sequences have been simulated at Unit 1 of the Juragua nuclear power plant in Cuba, a plant with two VVER-440 V213 units under construction. The computer code MELCOR was employed for these simulations. The sequences simulated are: (1) a design-basis accident (DBA) large loss of coolant accident (LOCA) with the emergency core coolant system (ECCS) on, (2) a station blackout (SBO), (3) a small LOCA (SLOCA) concurrent with SBO, (4) a large LOCA (LLOCA) concurrent with SBO, and (5) a LLOCA concurrent with SBO and with the containment breached at time zero. Timings of important events and source term releases have been calculated for the different sequences analyzed. Under certain weather conditions, the fission products released from the severe accident sequences may travel to southern Florida.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 665976
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CP-98752; CONF-981011-; ON: DE98007183; TRN: 99:000284
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Nuclear Society international topical meeting on safety of operating reactors, San Francisco, CA (United States), 11-14 Oct 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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