From melt jet break-up to debris bed formation: A review of melt evolution model during fuel-coolant interaction

R Sun, L Wu, W Ding, R Chen, W Tian, S Qiu… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
When a severe accident occurs in a nuclear reactor, fuel–coolant interaction (FCI) may occur
and cause steam explosion. Energetic FCI or steam explosion will threaten the integrity of …

[HTML][HTML] Melt jet-breakup and fragmentation phenomena in nuclear reactors: A review of experimental works and solidification effects

Y Iwasawa, Y Abe - Progress in nuclear energy, 2018 - Elsevier
During severe accidents at Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), fuel-coolant interaction (FCI) is a
critical event in which the melt released from the core region comes into contact with the …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental investigation on debris bed formation from fuel coolant interactions of metallic and oxidic melts

Y Xiang, D Liang, A Komlev, D Fang, Y Deng… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
During postulated severe accidents in a light water reactor (LWR), the core melt (corium)
may relocate to the lower head and fail the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). The corium is …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on debris bed formation from metallic melt coolant interactions

Y Xiang, Y Deng, D Fang, D Liang, W Ma - International Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Motivated by risk quantification of severe core meltdown accidents which may occur light
water reactors, an extensive DEFOR (DEbris FORmation) test series with various molten …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping investigation on debris bed formation with high-temperature melt simulant Fe-Sn

Y Xiang, D Fang, A Komlev, Y Deng, L Chen… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
In hypothetical severe accidents of Nordic boiling water reactors (BWRs), the core melt
(corium) has the potential to relocate to the lower head, leading to the failure of the reactor …

Experimental and numerical research on the debris bed formation in severe accidents of nuclear reactors

W Ding, F Fang, R Chen, K Han, L Wu, W Tian… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation and coolability of the debris bed play a crucial role in the core meltdown
process in nuclear reactors. Previous studies mainly focused on experiments involving …

Термическое взаимодействие высокотемпературных расплавов с жидкостями

ВИ Мелихов, ОИ Мелихов, СЕ Якуш - Теплофизика высоких …, 2022 - mathnet.ru
Выполнен обзор экспериментальных и расчетно-теоретических работ, посвященных
изучению взаимодействия высокотемпературных расплавов с жидкостями, которые …

Flow transition criteria of a liquid jet into a liquid pool

S Saito, Y Abe, K Koyama - Nuclear engineering and design, 2017 - Elsevier
To better understand the fundamental interactions between melt jet and coolant during a
core-disruptive accident at a sodium-cooled fast reactor, the jet breakup and droplet …

Thermal interaction of high-temperature melts with liquids

VI Melikhov, OI Melikhov, SE Yakush - High Temperature, 2022 - Springer
A review of experimental and computational-theoretical works devoted to the study of the
interaction of high-temperature melts with liquids, which can lead to the release of …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on ex-vessel debris bed formation using low melting-point melt of binary metals

Y Xiang, Y Deng, D Fang, N Zhao, W Ma - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
During severe accidents in a light water reactor, the core melt (corium) may relocate to the
lower head and fail the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). The corium will be ejected to the …