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CORCON-MOD3 validation study

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:7128858
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

CORCON-MOD3 is a computer code developed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) for the simulation of core-concrete interactions. The newest version of the code, CORCON-MOD3, was released in early 1993. This paper describes the validation of CORCON-MOD3 through comparisons to nine experiments: five experiments that were performed at SNL, three experiments that were performed at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and one experiment performed at Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KfK). Results indicate that both one- and two-dimensional concrete ablation is generally well predicted by the code. The ablation models in CORCON appear to be adequate for both metallic and oxidic melts attacking basaltic and limestone concretes.

OSTI ID:
7128858
Report Number(s):
CONF-931160--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 69; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English