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.
• Other Authors: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Sandia National Laboratories 1992
• Subjects: Corium; Containment; Heating; Chemical Reactions; Power Reactors; Nonbreeding; Light-Water Moderated; Nonboiling Water Cooled; Heat Transfer; Zion-2 Reactor; Reactor Safety 220900; Hydraulics; Zion-1 Reactor; Pwr Type Reactors; 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors; 210200; Water; Explosions; 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants; Reactor Safety; Steam; Test Facilities; Surtsey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/10183813; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1395138/

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...