Quasar uncertainty study
Conference
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OSTI ID:6839326
Over the last decade, substantial development and progress has been made in the understanding of the nature of severe accidents and associated fission product release and transport. As part of this continuing effort, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) sponsored the development of the Source Term Code Package (STCP), which models core degradation, fission product release from the damaged fuel, and the subsequent migration of the fission products from the primary system to the containment and finally to the environment. The objectives of the QUASAR (Quantification and Uncertainty Analysis of Source Terms for Severe Accidents in Light Water Reactors) program are: (1) to address the uncertainties associated with input parameters and phenomenological models used in the STCP; and (2) to define reasonable and technically defensible parameter ranges and modelling assumptions for the use in the STCP. The uncertainties in the radiological releases to the environment can be defined as the degree of current knowledge associated with the magnitude, the timing, duration, and other pertinent characteristics of the release following a severe nuclear reactor accident. These uncertainties can be quantified by probability density functions (PDF) using the Source Term Code Package as the physical model. An attempt will also be made to address the phenomenological issues not adequately modeled by the STCP, using more advanced, mechanistic models.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6839326
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-NUREG-39048; CONF-8610135-49; ON: TI87004603
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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