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Title: Application of the APRIL computer code to the analysis of BWR core meltdown accidents

Conference · · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7100969

The APRIL code is a new computer code for the thermal-hydraulic analysis of severe accident sequences in boiling water reactors (BWRs), developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under the joint sponsorship of Empire State Electric Energy Research Corporation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The models developed for APRIL cover a broad spectrum of phenomena, including both the in-vessel and out-of-vessel thermal hydraulics. In particular, the modeling of heatup, degradation, and melting of individual BWR core materials and structures (fuel, cladding, canisters, and cruciform control rods) is based on an improved version of the model used in MELRPI. While the results of calculations for slow transients are almost independent of the core nodalization scheme, fast transients can be significantly affected by the node size. In particular, the above applies to zinc oxidation and hydrogen production.

OSTI ID:
7100969
Report Number(s):
CONF-8711195-; TRN: 88-033354
Journal Information:
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 55; Conference: American Nuclear Society winter meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15 Nov 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English