Facility Details: SNL Ex-reactor test facility

Organization / Localization: SNL
Country: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Test Identification: XR1-1
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Investigation of metallic melt drainage and blockage formation behaviour in BWR Short Term Station Blackout Accidents where Vessel Depressurization (Blowdown) has been activated
Measured Parameters: 1 B4C rod, Ar, max T=1900 K
References: Gauntt R O et al.,"Data Report on the XR1-1 and XR1-2 BWR Metallic Melt Relocation Experiments", Report NRC FIN L-2452, Sandia National Laboratories (Dept 6423), January 1994; Gauntt R O and Humphries L L, "Final Results of the XR2-1 BWR Metallic Melt Relocation Experiment", SAND-97-1039, NUREG/CR-6257, August 1997.
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Organization / Localization: SNL
Country: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Test Identification: XR1-2
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Investigation of metallic melt drainage and blockage formation behaviour in BWR Short Term Station Blackout Accidents where Vessel Depressurization (Blowdown) has been activated
Measured Parameters: 1 B4C rod, Ar, max T=1900 K
References: Gauntt R O et al.,"Data Report on the XR1-1 and XR1-2 BWR Metallic Melt Relocation Experiments", Report NRC FIN L-2452, Sandia National Laboratories (Dept 6423), January 1994; Gauntt R O and Humphries L L, "Final Results of the XR2-1 BWR Metallic Melt Relocation Experiment", SAND-97-1039, NUREG/CR-6257, August 1997.
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Organization / Localization: SNL
Country: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Test Identification: XR2-1
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Investigation of metallic melt drainage and blockage formation behaviour in BWR Short Term Station Blackout Accidents where Vessel Depressurization (Blowdown) has been activated
Measured Parameters: 64 UO2 fuel rods (depleted U), Ar, max T=2300 K
References: Gauntt R O et al.,"Data Report on the XR1-1 and XR1-2 BWR Metallic Melt Relocation Experiments", Report NRC FIN L-2452, Sandia National Laboratories (Dept 6423), January 1994; Gauntt R O and Humphries L L, "Final Results of the XR2-1 BWR Metallic Melt Relocation Experiment", SAND-97-1039, NUREG/CR-6257, August 1997.
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Implemented as part of the Seaknot EU funded project (HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01 under Grant Agreement No. 101060327) - WP2.6 UNIPI (2024-2026)