Facility Details: DEFOR-A

Description: FCI in deep water pool
Organization / Localization: KTH-NPS
Ex-Vessel Fuel Coolant Interaction - (EVFCI) (1)
Test Identification: A23 - 27
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Oxidic simulant melt fragmentation and debris bed formation in deep water pool
Measured Parameters: Debris bed 3D scanning, agglomeration fraction as pool depth function, particle size distribution as pool depth function, debris bed porosity estimate
Modelling: Melt jet breakup
Simulation Code: JBREAK; CLSVOF; COCOMO
Experimental Research Program: (i) Experimental program "Invstigation of Cooling Phenomena of High Temperature Molten Core" for Nuclear regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan; (ii) EU SAFEST; National program "Accident Phenomena of Risk Importance" (APRI) supported by consortium of SSM an
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References: Akitoshi Hotta, Miyuki Akiba, Akinobu Morita, Alexander Konovalenko, Walter Villanueva, Sevostian Bechta, Andrei Komlev, Sachin Thakre, Seyed Mohsen Hoseyni, Per Sköld, Toshinori Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Sugiyama & Michael Buck, “Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Formation and Cooling Phenomena in High Temperature Debris Bed”, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57:4, 353-369, 2019, DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2019.1691078
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Contributed By: A. Konovalenko
IP/Copyright Situation: None




Implemented as part of the Seaknot EU funded project (HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01 under Grant Agreement No. 101060327) - WP2.6 UNIPI (2024-2025)