Severe Accidents in Nuclear Reactors: Corium Retention Technologies and Insights presents an authoritative and practical analysis of the latest severe accident management strategies based on previous events and experiments. Written for utilities and industries operating and researching nuclear cooled reactor power plants, this book presents the exponential growth in research since major nuclear accidents and acts as a guide to retaining molten corium, both inside and outside the reactor vessel. Sections cover the physics behind several complex phenomena occurring during corium coolability, providing the reader with an in-depth understanding by presenting the insights obtained from simulated severe accidents.
In addition, the book validates several severe accident codes and provides evidence on the termination of severe accident progressions to help the reader evaluate the safety of existing reactors and design the next generation of nuclear reactors.
1. 1 : Introduction - p. Page xi 2. 2 : Progression of severe accidents in water cooled reactors - p. Page xi 3. 3 : Experiments with high temperature melts: challenges and issues - p. Page xi 4. 4 : Corium coolability in PHWRs: In-vessel retention - p. Page xi 5. 5 : Numerical modelling of in-vessel retention in PHWRs - p. Page xi 6. 6 : Ex-vessel molten corium coolability - p. Page xi 7. 7 : Molten core concrete interaction and ablation of sacrificial material in ex-vessel scenarios - p. Page xi 8. 8 : Fuel coolant interaction - p. Page xi 9. 9 : Debris bed hydrodynamics, convective heat transfer and dryout - p. Page xi 10. 10 : Conclusions - p. Page xi 11. Index - p. Page xi
Severe Accidents in Nuclear Reactors: Corium Retention Technologies and Insights presents an authoritative and practical analysis of the latest severe accident management strategies based on previous events and experiments. Written for utilities and industries operating and researching nuclear cooled reactor power plants, this book presents the exponential growth in research since major nuclear accidents and acts as a guide to retaining molten corium, both inside and outside the reactor vessel. Sections cover the physics behind several complex phenomena occurring during corium coolability, providing the reader with an in-depth understanding by presenting the insights obtained from simulated severe accidents.
In addition, the book validates several severe accident codes and provides evidence on the termination of severe accident progressions to help the reader evaluate the safety of existing reactors and design the next generation of nuclear reactors.
1. 1 : Introduction - p. Page xi 2. 2 : Progression of severe accidents in water cooled reactors - p. Page xi 3. 3 : Experiments with high temperature melts: challenges and issues - p. Page xi 4. 4 : Corium coolability in PHWRs: In-vessel retention - p. Page xi 5. 5 : Numerical modelling of in-vessel retention in PHWRs - p. Page xi 6. 6 : Ex-vessel molten corium coolability - p. Page xi 7. 7 : Molten core concrete interaction and ablation of sacrificial material in ex-vessel scenarios - p. Page xi 8. 8 : Fuel coolant interaction - p. Page xi 9. 9 : Debris bed hydrodynamics, convective heat transfer and dryout - p. Page xi 10. 10 : Conclusions - p. Page xi 11. Index - p. Page xi
