During a severe accident in nuclear reactors, the core may melt and relocate into the lower
head. The decay power in the accumulated melt pool will threaten the integrity of the reactor …

This paper, and its companion paper [Tran CT, Dinh, TN The effective convectivity model for
simulation of melt pool heat transfer in a light water reactor pressure vessel lower head. Part …

In-vessel retention (IVR) of core melt is a key severe accident management strategy adopted
by most operating nuclear power plants and advanced light water reactors (ALWRs), AP600 …

Experimental data on component partitioning between suboxidized corium melt and steel in
the in-vessel melt retention (IVR) conditions are compared. The data are produced within the …

Abstract The In-Vessel Retention (IVR) strategy for Light Water Reactors (LWR) intends to
stabilize and retain the core melt in the reactor pressure vessel. This type of Severe Accident …

Non-steady physicochemical phenomena in the three-liquid molten pool of prototypic corium
are studied in the context of in-vessel melt retention problem. Experiments are made on the …

Given the severe accident of a light water reactor (LWR), stratification and
solidification/melting are important phenomena in melt corium behavior within the reactor …

First ex-vessel core catcher has been applied to the practical design of NPPs with VVER-
1000 reactors built in China (Tyanvan) and India (Kudankulam) for severe accident …

Fundamental understanding of the high-temperature interaction between stainless steel
(SUS) and B 4 C is indispensable for estimating and characterizing the fuel debris …

In the framework of the European IVMR project, dedicated to the assessment of In-Vessel
Retention (IVR) strategy for high power reactors, VITI-CORMET tests, performed in VITI …