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High pressure corium melt quenching tests in FARO
D. Magallon,H. Hohmann +1 more
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In this paper, first-of-a-kind experimental data on the quenching of large masses of corium melt of realistic composition when poured into pressurised water at reactor scale depths are presented and discussed.About:
This article is published in Nuclear Engineering and Design.The article was published on 1995-04-02. It has received 53 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Corium.read more
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Characteristics of Corium Debris Bed Generated in Large-Scale Fuel Coolant Interaction Experiments
TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of corium debris as the result of fuel-coolant interaction (energetic or not) has been studied experimentally in the FARO and KROTOS facilities operated at JRC-Ispra between 1991 and 1999.
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Corium melt quenching tests at low pressure and subcooled water in FARO
D. Magallon,I. Huhtiniemi +1 more
TL;DR: The first two corium melt quenching tests in subcooled water performed in the FAT FCI vessel of the FARO facility are described in this article, which involved 39 and 92 kg of 80 wt% UO 2 + 20 wt % ZrO 2 melt, respectively.
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Lessons learnt from FARO/TERMOS corium melt quenching experiments
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of melt quantity and composition, water depth and initial pressure on quenching was assessed on the basis of seven tests performed under various conditions in the TERMOS vessel of the FARO facility at JRC-Ispra.
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A scoping study of debris bed formation in the DEFOR test facility
TL;DR: The DEFOR-E test campaign is concerned with the DEFOR test facility commissioning and exploratory study of phenomena occurred during a debris bed formation as mentioned in this paper, which revealed the effect of water pool depth and subcooling, melt mass and material properties on the debris bed characteristics.
A scoping study of debris bed formation in the DEFOR test facility
TL;DR: The DEFOR-E test campaign is concerned with the DEFOR test facility commissioning and exploratory study of phenomena occurred during a debris bed formation as mentioned in this paper, which revealed the effect of water pool depth and subcooling, melt mass and material properties on the debris bed characteristics.
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Experimental study of the fragmentation and quench behavior of corium melts in water
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of six experiments (designated CCM-1 through -6) were performed in which molten corium passed through a deep pool of water in a long, slender pour stream mode.
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Multi-phase flow aspects of fuel-coolant interactions in reactor safety research
Michael L. Corradini,H. Hohmann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the important multi-phase flow topics in which further basic research may be needed to aid in FCI model validation of FCI related physical processes, and how these subjects relate to the FCI.
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