Facility Details: SURC

Description: interaction of molten oxide debris of UO2-ZrO2 and Zr with various concrete
Organization / Localization: Sandia National Laboratories 
Molten Corium Concrete Interaction- (MCCI) (1)
Test Identification: SURC-1, SURC-2 and SURC4
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: dry MCCI
Measured Parameters: pool temperatures, concrete ablation distance, sidewall heat losses and gas and aerosol composition
Modelling:
Simulation Code: TOLBIAC-ICB MELTSPREAD MELCOR WECHSL CORCON COSACO MPS method
Experimental Research Program: OECD/NEA/CSNI-MCCI
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References:  Copus E.R., Blose R.E., Brockmann J.E., Simpson R.B., Lucero D.A., 1992a, Core-concrete interactions using molten urania with zirconium on a limestone basemat, NUREG/CR-5443.
Copus E.R., Blose R.E., Brockmann J.E., Simpson R.B., Lucero D.A., 1992b, Core-concrete interactions using molten UO2 with zirconium on a basaltic basemat”, NUREG/CR-5564

Copus E. R., et al., “Experimental Results of Core-Concrete Interactions Using Molten Steel with Zirconium,” NUREG/CR-4794, 1990

Copus E. R., et al., “Core-Concrete Interactions using molten steel with Zirconium on a basaltic basemat: The SURC-4 Experiment”, Sandia National Laboratories, NUREG/CR- 4994, SAND90-1022, Apr. 1989
Contributed By: N. Seiler T. Keim/M. Fischer




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