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A numerical study on the levitation system for droplet preparation in a fuel-coolant interaction experiment. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2023.104639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Wang H, Villanueva W. Structural behavior of an ablated reactor pressure vessel wall with external cooling. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Madokoro H, Yamashita T, Gaus-Liu X, Cron T, Fluhrer B, Sato I, Mizokami S. The Experimental and Simulation Results of LIVE-J2 Test — Investigation on Heat Transfer in a Solid-Liquid Mixture Pool. NUCL TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2022.2121545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Hiroshi Madokoro
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Oarai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Oarai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Oarai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, Oarai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., 1-1-3 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 100-8560, Japan
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Gómez-García-Toraño I, Laborde L, Fichot F, Mutelle H. Reflooding of degraded cores in ASTEC V2.1: Modelling and validation on PEARL experiments. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Journeau C, Bouyer V, Charollais F, Chikhi N, Delacroix J, Denoix A, Laffolley H, Mattassoglio C, Molina D, Piluso P, Sauvecane P, Thilliez S, Turquais B, Suteau C. Upgrading the PLINIUS platform toward smarter prototypic-corium experimental R&D. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Severe accident in high-power light water reactors: Mitigating strategies, assessment methods and research opportunities. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.104062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rizaal M, Miwa S, Suzuki E, Imoto J, Osaka M, Gouëllo M. Revaporization Behavior of Cesium and Iodine Compounds from Their Deposits in the Steam-Boron Atmosphere. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:32695-32708. [PMID: 34901618 PMCID: PMC8655899 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This paper presents our investigation on cesium and iodine revaporization from cesium iodide (CsI) deposits on stainless steel type 304L, which were initiated by boron and/or steam flow. A dedicated basic experimental facility with a thermal gradient tube (TGT) having a temperature range of 1000-400 K was used for simulating the phenomena. In the absence of boron, it was found that the initially deposited CsI at 850 K could be revaporized as CsI vapor/aerosol or reacted with the carrier gas and stainless steel (Cr2O3 layer) to form Cs2CrO4. The latter mechanism consequently released gaseous iodine that was later accumulated downstream. After introducing boron to the steam flow, a severe revaporization occurred. This, in addition to the revaporized CsI vapor/aerosol, was caused by cesium borate (Cs2B4O7 and CsB5O8) formation, which then largely released gaseous iodine that was capable of reaching the TGT outlet (<400 K). In the case of a nuclear severe accident, our study has demonstrated that an increase of gaseous iodine in the colder region of a reactor could occur after late release of boron or a subsequent steam flow after refloods of the reactor, thus posing its inherent risk once leaked to the environment.
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- Muhammad Rizaal
- Nuclear
Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Naka-gun, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Nuclear
Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Naka-gun, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Nuclear
Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Naka-gun, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Nuclear
Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Naka-gun, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Nuclear
Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirane, Shirakata, Naka-gun, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- VTT
Technical Research Centre of Finland,
P.O. Box 1000, Espoo FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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Osaka M, Gouëllo M, Nakajima K. Cesium Chemistry in the LWR severe accident and towards the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2021.1997664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Masahiko Osaka
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Severe Accident Analysis, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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Pshenichnikov A, Shibata H, Yamashita T, Nagae Y, Kurata M. Ten years of Fukushima Dai-Ichi post-accident research on the degradation phenomenology of the BWR core components. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2021.1985647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Anton Pshenichnikov
- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tomioka-machi, Fukushima-ken, Japan
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- Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tomioka-machi, Fukushima-ken, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tomioka-machi, Fukushima-ken, Japan
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tomioka-machi, Fukushima-ken, Japan
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Suh YA, Song K, Cho J. Fuzzy-technique-based expert elicitation on the occurrence probability of severe accident phenomena in nuclear power plants. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2021.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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COMSOL Simulation for Design of Induction Heating System in VULCAN Facility. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.1155/2021/9922503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The experimental facility VULCAN was setup to study the fuel-coolant interaction (FCI) phenomena in a postulated severe accident of light water reactors. The heating system is important for the facility to prepare molten material in a crucible. This article is concerned with the design of the heating system, which applies electromagnetic induction heating method. The COMSOL code was employed to simulate the induction heating characteristics of a graphite crucible under different current and frequency of the work coil (inductor). Given a frequency, the relationship between the crucible’s average temperature and the inductor’s current is obtained, which is instrumental to select the power supply of the induction heating system. Meanwhile, the skin effect of induction heating is analyzed to guide the choice of frequency and inductor of the heating system. According to the simulation results, the induction heating system of frequency 47 kHz is suitable for the experiment, with a good agreement in temperature between the measured and the predicted.
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Bläsius C, Sievers J. Methods for failure assessment of NPP pressure boundary under severe accident loading. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gouëllo M, Hokkinen J, Kärkelä T. Advances in the understanding of molybdenum effect on iodine and caesium reactivity in condensed phase in the primary circuit in nuclear severe accident conditions. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2020.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Miyahara N, Miwa S, Gouëllo M, Imoto J, Horiguchi N, Sato I, Osaka M. Experimental study on transport behavior of cesium iodide in the reactor coolant system under LWR severe accident conditions. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2020.1782281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Naoya Miyahara
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Energy, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Finland
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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Miwa S, Takase G, Imoto J, Nishioka S, Miyahara N, Osaka M. Boron chemistry during transportation in the high temperature region of a boiling water reactor under severe accident conditions. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2019.1671913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Shuhei Miwa
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Japan
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ASTEC–MAAP Comparison of a 2 Inch Cold Leg LOCA until RPV Failure. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS 2018. [DOI: 10.1155/2018/9189010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A 2 inch, cold-leg loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) in a 900 MWe generic Western PWR was simulated using ASTEC 2.1.1 and MAAP 5.02. The progression of the accident predicted by the two codes up to the time of vessel failure is compared. It includes the primary system depressurization, accumulator discharge, core heat-up, hydrogen generation, core relocation to lower plenum, and lower head breach. The purpose of the code comparison exercise is to identify modelling differences between the two codes and the user choices affecting the results. The two codes predict similar primary system depressurization behaviour until the accumulation injection, confirming similar break flow and primary system thermal-hydraulic response calculations between the two codes. The choice of the accumulator gas expansion model, either isentropic or isothermal, affects the rate and total amount of coolant injected and thereby determines whether the core is quenched or overheated and attains a noncoolable geometry during reflooding. A sensitivity case was additionally simulated by each code to allow comparisons to be made with either accumulator gas expansion models. The two codes predict similar amount of in-vessel hydrogen generated and core quench status for a given accumulator gas expansion model. ASTEC predicts much larger initial core relocation to lower plenum leading to an earlier vessel failure time. MAAP predicts more gradual core relocation to lower plenum, prolonging the lower plenum debris bed heat-up and time to vessel failure. Beside the effect of the code user in conducting severe accident simulations, some discrepancies are found in the modelling approaches in each code. The biggest differences are found in the in-vessel melt progression and relocation into the lower plenum, which deserve further research to reduce the uncertainties.
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Contribution to the understanding of iodine transport under primary circuit conditions: Csi/Cd and Csi/Ag interactions in condensed phase. NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2018.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Miyahara N, Miwa S, Horiguchi N, Sato I, Masahiko O. Chemical reaction kinetics dataset of Cs-I-B-Mo-O-H system for evaluation of fission product chemistry under LWR severe accident conditions. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2018.1544939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Naoya Miyahara
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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Journeau C, Aufore L, Berge L, Brayer C, Cassiaut-Louis N, Estre N, Payot F, Piluso P, Prele JC, Singh S, Zabiégo M, Pluyette E, Serre F, Teisseire B. Corium-Sodium and Corium-Water Fuel-Coolant-Interaction Experimental Programs for the PLINIUS2 Prototypic Corium Platform. NUCL TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2018.1479580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, SMTA, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DTN, STCP, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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- CEA, DEN, Cadarache, DER, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
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Gouëllo M, Hokkinen J, Kärkelä T, Auvinen A. A Scoping Study of the Chemical Behavior of Cesium Iodide in the Presence of Boron in the Condensed Phase (650°C and 400°C) Under Primary Circuit Conditions. NUCL TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2018.1429111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Mélany Gouëllo
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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Ruthenium behavior in the reactor cooling system in case of a PWR severe accident. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-018-5743-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Analysis of primary bleed and feed strategies for selected SBLOCA sequences in a German Konvoi PWR using ASTEC V2.0. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gómez-García-Toraño I, Sánchez Espinoza VH, Stieglitz R. Investigation of SAM measures during selected MBLOCA sequences along with Station Blackout in a generic Konvoi PWR using ASTECV2.0. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gómez-García-Toraño I, Sánchez-Espinoza VH, Stieglitz R, Stuckert J, Laborde L, Belon S. Validation of ASTECV2.1 based on the QUENCH-08 experiment. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sorokin A. The study of cesium ionization at high gas temperature in a primary circuit. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Van Dorsselaere J, Mustoe J, Power S, Adorni M, Schaffrath A, Nieminen A. ETSON views on R&D priorities for implementation of the 2014 Euratom Directive on safety of nuclear installations. KERNTECHNIK 2016. [DOI: 10.3139/124.110734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Following the Fukushima-Daiichi accident in 2011, the Council Directive 2014/87/Euratom has reinforced the previous 2009 Directive that had established a Community framework for the safety of nuclear installations. In particular, one new article introduces a high-level EU-wide safety objective of preventing accidents through defence-in-depth and avoiding radioactive releases outside a nuclear installation. For achieving this objective, the research necessary outcomes are mainly a better knowledge of the involved physical phenomena and its capitalization in methodologies and tools such as simulation codes. ETSON, the European Technical Safety Organisation Network, had already identified in its Position Paper in 2011 the main R&D priorities. The present paper underlines that most of these priorities, with a few updates due to progress of knowledge, remain consistent with the objectives of this new Directive. And it illustrates the ETSON involvement through examples of on-going or planned R&D national and international projects.
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- Amec Foster Wheeler RSD , 305 Bridgewater Place, Birchwood Park, Warrington WA3 6XF , UK
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- Amec Foster Wheeler RSD , 305 Bridgewater Place, Birchwood Park, Warrington WA3 6XF , UK
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- BelV , 148 Walcourtstraat, B-1070 Brussels , Belgium
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- Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH , Forschungszentrum, Boltzmannstraße 14, 85748 Garching bei München , Germany
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. , P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT , Finland
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Chmielewski AG, Szołucha MM. Radiation chemistry for modern nuclear energy development. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Di Giuli M, Haste T, Biehler R, Bosland L, Herranz L, Fontanet J, Beuzet E, Torkhani M, Davidovich N, Klein-Heßling W, Weber S, Dickinson S, Horváth G, Kruse P, Koch M, Paci S, Weber S, Salay M, Bujan A, Ivanov I, Kalychev P, Kim S, Morandi S, Del Corno A, Kotouč M, Dienstbier J, Kim HC. SARNET benchmark on Phébus FPT3 integral experiment on core degradation and fission product behaviour. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Haste T, Di Giuli M, Weber G, Weber S. Iodine Benchmarks in the SARNET Network of Excellence. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND RADIATION SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4031652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Accurate calculation of iodine behavior in the containment is very important in determining the potential radioactive release to the environment in light water reactor severe accidents (SAs). Of particular significance is the behavior of gas phase iodine, particularly organic iodine, which is difficult to remove by filtration, e.g., in containment venting systems. Iodine behavior is closely linked with the containment thermal hydraulics, which have a major influence on the distribution of iodine throughout the containment atmosphere and sump. In the European 7th Framework SARNET project, European Commission (EC) cofunded from 2007 to 2013, SA modeling code capability was assessed through two integral benchmarks. In the first, the basis was the German THAI Iod-11/12 tests, where molecular iodine transport with atmospheric flows and iodine interactions with steel surfaces were emphasized. In the second, data from the international Phébus FPT3 test were used, where all aspects of SAs were studied from core degradation, fission product (FP) release, circuit transport/deposition, and containment behavior using realistic FP sources. Thermal hydraulics in the containment were simpler, being well-mixed, and radiolytic interactions of iodine, e.g., with painted surfaces, were studied. These interactions may be an important source of organic iodine in the containment atmosphere. The two benchmarks are thus complementary. In the FPT3 exercise, the calculations could predict the containment thermal hydraulic conditions fairly well. For the more detailed data from THAI, differences were noted for atmospheric flows and relative humidities, outside experimental uncertainties, affecting iodine behavior. The FPT3 iodine results themselves showed a spread in calculated results outside data uncertainties, indicating the need for model improvements in this area, e.g., for radiolytic interaction of iodine with paint. Experimental programs to generate the necessary data needed for code improvement have been recently completed, e.g., in the OECD/THAI, THAI2, BIP, and BIP2 projects, or are in progress, in OECD/STEM and EC/PASSAM. When model improvements have been made, repeat benchmarks are planned to check progress toward code convergence with experimental data, e.g., under the aegis of the new NUGENIA association of which SARNET now forms a part.
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- Tim Haste
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Centre d’Etudes de Cadarache, BP 3-13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France e-mail:
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Centre d’Etudes de Cadarache, BP 3-13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France e-mail:
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- Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Boltzmannstraße 14, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany e-mail:
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- Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Boltzmannstraße 14, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany e-mail:
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Van Dorsselaere JP, Auvinen A, Beraha D, Chatelard P, Herranz L, Journeau C, Klein-Hessling W, Kljenak I, Miassoedov A, Paci S, Zeyen R. Recent severe accident research synthesis of the major outcomes from the SARNET network. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent advances in the source term area within the SARNET European severe accident research network. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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