Analysis of the small break loss of coolant accident in the VVER-1000/V446 reactor

Kerntechnik ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 545-556
Author(s):  
S. M. Altaha ◽  
M. Mansouri ◽  
G. Jahanfarnia
Keyword(s):  
Loss Of Coolant Accident ◽  
Loss Of Coolant

scholarly journals A Study of Prediction Model Improvement for Air-Oxidation Breakaway in a Postulated Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool Complete Loss of Coolant Accident

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1442
Author(s):  
Sanggil Park ◽  
Jaeyoung Lee ◽  
Min Bum Park
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Complete Loss ◽  
Air Oxidation ◽  
Loss Of Coolant Accident ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool ◽  
Loss Of Coolant ◽  
Model Derivation ◽  
Model Improvement

The temperature of zirconium alloy cladding on the postulated spent nuclear fuel pool complete loss of coolant accident is abruptly increased at a certain time and the cladding is almost fully oxidized to weak ZrO2 in the air. This abrupt temperature escalation phenomenon induced by the air-oxidation breakaway is called a zirconium fire. Although an air-oxidation breakaway kinetic model correlated between time and temperature has been implemented in the MELCOR code, it is likely to bring about unexpected large errors because of many limitations of model derivation. This study suggests an improved time–temperature correlated kinetic model using the Johnson–Mehl equation. It is based on that the air-oxidation breakaway is initiated by the phase transformation from the tetragonal to monoclinic ZrO2 at the oxide–metal interface in the cladding. This new model equation is also evaluated with the Zry-4 air-oxidation literature data. This equation resulted in the almost similar air-oxidation breakaway timing to the actual experimental data at 800 °C. However, at 1000 °C, it showed an error of about 8 min. This could be inferred from the influence of the ZrN phase change due to the nitrogen existing in air.

Analysis of loss of coolant accident without ECCS and DHRS in an integral pressurized water reactor using RELAP/SCDAPSIM

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 103648
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Skolik ◽  
Chris Allison ◽  
Judith Hohorst ◽  
Mateusz Malicki ◽  
Marina Perez-Ferragut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Loss Of Coolant Accident ◽  
Loss Of Coolant

scholarly journals Accident Management Actions in an Upper-Head Small-Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident with High-Pressure Safety Injection Failed

2011 ◽  
Vol 175 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Queral ◽  
Juan González-Cadelo ◽  
Gonzalo Jimenez ◽  
Ernesto Villalba
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Loss Of Coolant Accident ◽  
Accident Management ◽  
Loss Of Coolant
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