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DataBase Source Term - Focus area 4: Fission product mitigation actions (e.g. FCVS, spray) and containment bypass scenarios (1)

Organization / Localization: CIEMAT
Country: Spain
Facility Description: Facility with several systems: injection line, vessel, instrumentation: Vessel 5.0 m height and 1.5 m diameter
Facility Status: operating
Test Identification: PASSAM tests
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: I2 removal by containment sprays, aerosol scrubbing in suppression pools
Measured Parameters: T, P, Gas conc. Spray flow, Aerosol concentration, Size distribution, Retention efficiency
Modelling: It depends on the test configuration
Simulation Code: SPARC90, MELCOR
Experimental Research Program: EUR PASSAM (Passive and Active Systems on Severe Accident source term Mitigation) Project (2013-2016)
Link to PIRT: ST54-ST55

References: [1] Herranz L.E., Lopez C., Penalva J., ""Investigation on jet scrubbing in nuclear reactor accidents: From experimental data to an empirical correlation"", Progress in Nuclear Energy 107 72-82, 2018
[2] Herranz L.E., Lopez C., Penalva J., ""PASSAM WP3.1: CIEMAT experimental Investigation on Pool Scrubbing under Jet Injection Regime"", PASSAM-EXIST-T23, January 2017.
[3] Lind T., Miklautsch M., Herranz Puebla L.E., Leroy O., del Corno A., ""PASSAM WP3.1 Existing filtration systems - Experimental studies of pool scrubbing systems (POOL). Final report"", PASSAM-EXIST-21, January 2017
[4] Del Corno A., Morandi S., Cavallari A., Parozzi F., ""PASSAM WP3.1: RSE experimental studies on the effect of hydrodynamics on aerosol retention in pool scrubbing systems"", PASSAM-EXIST-T20. Technical Document. February 2017.
[5] Lind T., Miklautsch M., Herranz Puebla L.E., Leroy O., del Corno A., ""PASSAM WP3.1 Existing filtration systems - Experimental studies of pool scrubbing systems (POOL). Final report"", PASSAM-EXIST-21, January 2017.
IP/Copyright Situation: Some results are published

Facility Details: LASS-PASSAM