Experiments to investigate direct containment heating phenomena with scaled models of the Zion Nuclear Power Plant in the Surtsey Test Facility

• Main Authors: Allen, M. D., Pilch, M. M., Blanchat, T. K., Griffith, R. O., Nichols, R. T.
• 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. 1994
• Subjects: Corium; 210200; Experimental Data 220900; Mathematical Models; Reactor Safety; Pressure Measurement; 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants; Scale Models; Simulation; Zion-1 Reactor; Measuring Instruments; Containment Systems; 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors; Design; Power Reactors; Nonbreeding; Light-Water Moderated; Nonboiling Water Cooled; Thermal Analysis; Meltdown; Zion-2 Reactor; Temperature Measurement; Surtsey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/10158784; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1388166/

The Surtsey Facility at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is used to perform scaled experiments that simulate hypothetical high-pressure melt ejection (HPME) accidents in a nuclear power plant (NPP). These experiments are designed to investigate the effect of specific phenomena associated with dire...