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An uncertainty analysis of the hydrogen source term for a station blackout accident in Sequoyah using MELCOR 1.8.5

Randall O. Gauntt, +2 more
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The article was published on 2014-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 12 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: MELCOR & Blackout.

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Uncertainty analysis of ATF Cr-coated-Zircaloy on BWR in-vessel accident progression during a station blackout

Zehua Guo, +7 more
- 01 Sep 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, an uncertainty analysis was employed to investigate the potential benefits of ATF Cr-coated-Zr cladding and canister for an unmitigated Short-Term Station Blackout (STSBO) sequence in a generic BWR plant using the MELCOR systems code.
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The Use of MOX Fuel in the United States: Bibliography of Important Documents and Discussion of Key Issues

Bruce Balkcom Bevard, +4 more
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Total loss of AC power analysis for EPR reactor

Piotr Darnowski, +4 more
- 01 Aug 2015 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the results of severe accident simulations for the EPR reactor in the case of loss of offsite power combined with total failure of all diesel generators (total loss of AC power) are presented.
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Preliminary uncertainty quantification of the core degradation models in predicting the Fukushima Daiichi unit 3 severe accident

Matteo D’Onorio, +3 more
- 01 Oct 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a MELCOR model of a boiling water reactor has been developed by Sapienza University of Rome in the framework of the MUSA project aiming at identifying and quantifying uncertainty sources in severe accidents analyses.
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Sensitivity analysis of debris properties in lower plenum of a Nordic BWR

Sergey Galushin, +1 more
- 01 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: In case of core melt and vessel failure, melt is poured into a deep pool of wate... as mentioned in this paper, which is used for severe accident management in Nordic boiling water reactors (BWRs).
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