Normal and Accidental Scenarios Analyses with MELCOR 1.8.2 and MELCOR 2.1 for the DEMO Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Blanket Concept
Joint Authors
Source
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Abstract EN
As for Light Water Reactors (LWRs), one of the most challenging accidents for the future DEMOnstration power plant is the Loss of Coolant Accident, which can trigger the pressurization of the confinement structures and components.
Hence, careful analyses have to be executed to demonstrate that the confinement barriers are able to withstand the pressure peak within design limits and the residual cooling capabilities of the Primary Heat Transfer System are sufficient to remove the decay heat.
To do so, severe accident codes, as MELCOR, can be employed.
In detail, the MELCOR code has been developed to cope also with fusion reactors, but unfortunately, these fusion versions are based on the old 1.8.x source code.
On the contrary, for LWRs, the newest 2.1.x versions are continuously updated.
Thanks to the new features introduced in these latest 2.1.x versions, the main phenomena occurring in the helium-cooled blanket concepts of DEMO can be simulated in a basic manner.
For this purpose, several analyses during normal and accidental DEMO conditions have been executed.
The aim of these analyses is to compare the results obtained with MELCOR 1.8.2 and MELCOR 2.1 in order to highlight the differences among the results of the main thermal-hydraulic parameters.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gonfiotti, Bruno& Paci, Sandro. 2015. Normal and Accidental Scenarios Analyses with MELCOR 1.8.2 and MELCOR 2.1 for the DEMO Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Blanket Concept. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1077887
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gonfiotti, Bruno& Paci, Sandro. Normal and Accidental Scenarios Analyses with MELCOR 1.8.2 and MELCOR 2.1 for the DEMO Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Blanket Concept. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1077887
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gonfiotti, Bruno& Paci, Sandro. Normal and Accidental Scenarios Analyses with MELCOR 1.8.2 and MELCOR 2.1 for the DEMO Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Blanket Concept. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1077887
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1077887