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The EC MUSA Project on Management and Uncertainty of Severe Accidents: Main Pillars and Status. ENERGIES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/en14154473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the current state of maturity of severe accident codes, the time has come to foster the systematic application of Best Estimate Plus Uncertainties (BEPU) in this domain. The overall objective of the HORIZON-2020 project on “Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA)” is to quantify the uncertainties of severe accident codes (e.g., ASTEC, MAAP, MELCOR, and AC2) when modeling reactor and spent fuel pools accident scenarios of Gen II and Gen III reactor designs for the prediction of the radiological source term. To do so, different Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) methodologies are to be used for the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. Innovative AM measures will be considered in performing these UQ analyses, in addition to initial/boundary conditions and model parameters, to assess their impact on the source term prediction. This paper synthesizes the major pillars and the overall structure of the MUSA project, as well as the expectations and the progress made over the first year and a half of operation.
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Mueller K, Dickinson S, Pascale CD, Girault N, Herranz L, De Rosa F, Henneges G, Langhans J, Housiadas C, Wichers V, Dehbi A, Paci S, Martin-Fuertes F, Turcu I, Ivanov I, Toth B, Horvath G. Validation of Severe Accident Codes on the Phebus Fission Product Tests in the Framework of the PHEBEN-2 Project. NUCL TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nt08-a3982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- K. Mueller
- Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
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- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique/DTP, Cadarache, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas Madrid, Spain
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- Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente, Bologna, Italy
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- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Gesellschaft für Reaktorsicherheit, Cologne, Germany
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- National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece
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- Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, Petten, The Netherlands
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villingen, Switzerland
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- Departimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Nucleare e della Produzione, Università di Pisa, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Pitesti, Romania
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- Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
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- Villamosenergiapari Kutató Intézet Rt., Budapest, Hungary
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Toth B, Mueller K, Birchley J, Wada H, Jamond C, Trambauer K. Benchmark Study on Fuel Bundle Degradation in the Phebus FPT3 Test Using the Severe Accident Codes ATHLET-CD, ICARE2, and MELCOR. NUCL TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nt07-a3808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Bela Toth
- European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Post Box 2, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands
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- European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Post Box 2, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands
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- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire Cadarache, France
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- Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH Garching, Germany
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Tóth B, Bieliauskas A, Bandini G, Birchley J, Wada H, Hohorst J, Jamond C, Trambauer K. Benchmark Study on Fuel Bundle Degradation in the Phebus FPT2 Test Using State-of-the-Art Severe Accident Analysis Codes. NUCL TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nt10-a9354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- B. Tóth
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy, Nuclear Design Safety Unit, 1755 ZG Petten P.O. Box 2 The Netherlands
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy, Nuclear Design Safety Unit, 1755 ZG Petten P.O. Box 2 The Netherlands
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- Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente, Bologna, Italy
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villegen, Switzerland
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- Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Tokyo, Japan
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- Innovative Systems Software, Idaho Falls, Idaho
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit, Garching, Germany
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Stand-Alone Containment Analysis of the Phébus FPT Tests with the ASTEC and the MELCOR Codes: The FPT-0 Test. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS 2017. [DOI: 10.1155/2017/1450648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The integral Phébus tests were probably one of the most important experimental campaigns performed to investigate the progression of severe accidents in light water reactors. In these tests, the degradation of a PWR fuel bundle was investigated employing different control rod materials and burn-up levels in strongly or weakly oxidizing conditions. From the results of such tests, numerical codes such as ASTEC and MELCOR have been developed to describe the evolution of a severe accident. After the termination of the experimental Phébus campaign, these two codes were furthermore expanded. Therefore, the aim of the present work is to reanalyze the first Phébus test (FPT-0) employing the updated ASTEC and MELCOR versions to ensure that the new improvements introduced in such codes allow also a better prediction of these Phébus tests. The analysis focuses on the stand-alone containment aspects of this test, and the paper summarizes the main thermal-hydraulic results and presents different sensitivity analyses carried out on the aerosols and fission products behavior. This paper is part of a series of publications covering the four executed Phébus tests employing a solid PWR fuel bundle: FPT-0, FPT-1, FPT-2, and FPT-3.
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Influence of the wet-well nodalization of a BWR3 Mark I on the containment thermal-hydraulic response during an SBO accident. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gyenes G, Ammirabile L. Containment analysis on the PHEBUS FPT-0, FPT-1 and FPT-2 experiments. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bujan A, Tóth B, Bieliauskas A, Zeyen R, Housiadas C. Interpretation of the Phébus FPT0 and FPT1 Circuit Results Using the SOPHAEROS/ASTEC V1 Module. NUCL TECHNOL 2010. [DOI: 10.13182/nt10-a9339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- A. Bujan
- Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
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- Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
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- Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
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- Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
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- National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” Athens, Greece
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Towards a better understanding of iodine chemistry in RCS of nuclear reactors. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Martín-Fuertes F, Barbero R, Martín-Valdepeñas J, Jiménez M. Analysis of source term aspects in the experiment Phebus FPT1 with the MELCOR and CFX codes. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Interpretation of fission-product transport behaviour in the Phébus FPT0 and FPT1 tests. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Paci S, Parozzi F, Porfiri M. Validation of the ECART code for the safety analysis of fusion reactors. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Birchley J, Haste T, Bruchertseifer H, Cripps R, Güntay S, Jäckel B. Phébus-FP: Results and significance for plant safety in Switzerland. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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