Experiments to investigate the effect of flight path on direct containment heating (DCH) in the Surtsey test facility

• Main Authors: Allen, M.D., Pilch, M., Griffith, R.O. (Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)), Nichols, R.T. (Ktech Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States))
• Other Authors: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Division of Systems Research. 1991
• Subjects: 220200 > Nuclear Reactor Technology > Components & Accessories; Heat Transfer; Elements; Chemical Reactions; Hydraulics; 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors; Reactor Accidents; Water Moderated Reactors 220900* > Nuclear Reactor Technology > Reactor Safety; Power Plants; Fluid Mechanics; Heating; Power Reactors; Surry-1 Reactor; Water Cooled Reactors; Containment; Structural Models; Accidents; Thermal Reactors; Reactors; Steam; Test Facilities; Mechanics; Reactor Safety; Surry-2 Reactor; Surry-4 Reactor; Energy Transfer; Enriched Uranium Reactors; Hydrogen; Corium; Pwr Type Reactors; Scale Models; Nonmetals; Nuclear Facilities; Safety; Surry-3 Reactor; Thermal Power Plants; Nuclear Power Plants; Surtsey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/5955314; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1102694/

The goal of the Limited Flight Path (LFP) test series was to investigate the effect of reactor subcompartment flight path length on direct containment heating (DCH). The test series consisted of eight experiments with nominal flight paths of 1, 2, or 8 m. A thermitically generated mixture of iron, c...