Results of an experiment in a Zion-like geometry to investigate the effect of water on the containment basement floor on direct containment heating (DCH) in the Surtsey Test Facility: The IET-4 test

• Main Authors: Allen, M.D., Blanchat, T.K., Pilch, M., Nichols, R.T.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; CONTAINMENT; HEATING; TEST FACILITIES; CORIUM; WATER; STEAM; EXPLOSIONS; ZION-1 REACTOR; ZION-2 REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; REACTOR SAFETY; Surtsey
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10183813; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10183813; https://doi.org/10.2172/10183813

This document discusses the fourth experiment of the Integral Effects Test (IET-4) series which was conducted to investigate the effects of high pressure melt ejection on direct containment heating. Scale models (1:10) of the Zion reactor pressure vessel (RPV), cavity, instrument tunnel, and subcomp...