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 …

Development of a code-agnostic computational infrastructure for the dynamic generation of accident progression event trees

U Catalyurek, B Rutt, K Metzroth, A Hakobyan… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Analysis of dynamic accident progression trees (ADAPT) is a mechanized procedure for the
generation of accident progression event trees. Use of ADAPT substantially reduces the …

[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 …

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 …

Fuel coolant interaction experiments in TROI using a UO2/ZrO2 mixture

JH Song, IK Park, YS Shin, JH Kim, SW Hong… - … Engineering and Design, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the results of steam explosion experiments using reactor material
carried out under “Test for Real cOrium Interaction with water (TROI)” program. About 4–9kg …

The effects of debris bed's prototypical characteristics on corium coolability in a LWR severe accident

W Ma, TN Dinh - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with coolability assessment of a debris bed formed in fuel coolant
interactions (FCIs) during a hypothetical severe accident in a light water reactor (LWR). The …

Experimental characterization of the effective particle diameter of a particulate bed packed with multi-diameter spheres

L Li, W Ma - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with uncertainty reduction in coolability analysis of a debris bed
formed in fuel–coolant interactions (FCI) during a postulated severe accident of LWRs. A test …