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Analysis of the effect of vessel failure and melt release on risk of containment failure due to ex-vessel steam explosion in nordic boiling water reactor using roaam1 framework
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8216-9376
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3066-3492
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0683-9136
2020 (English)In: Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science, ISSN 2332-8983, E-ISSN 2332-8975, Vol. 6, no 4, article id 041113Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Nordic boiling water reactor (BWR) design employs ex-vessel debris coolability in a deep pool of water as a severe accident management (SAM) strategy. Depending on melt release conditions from the vessel and core-melt coolant interactions, containment integrity can be threatened by: (i) formation of noncoolable debris bed or (ii) energetic steam explosion. Melt is released from the vessel affect ex-vessel phenomena and is recognized as the major source of uncertainty. The risk-oriented accident analysis methodology (ROAAM ) is used for quantification of the risk of containment failure in Nordic BWR where melt ejection mode surrogate model (MEM SM) provides initial conditions for the analysis of debris agglomeration and ex-vessel steam explosion which determine the respective loads on the containment. Melt ejection SM is based on the system analysis code methods for estimation of leakages and consequences of releases (computer code) (MELCOR). Modeling of vessel failure and melt release from the vessel in MELCOR is based on parametric models, allowing a user to select different assumptions that effectively control lower head (LH) behavior and melt release. The work addresses the effect of epistemic uncertain parameters and modeling assumptions in MEM SM on the containment loads due to ex-vessel steam explosion in Nordic BWR. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis performed to identify the most influential parameters and uncertainty in the risk of containment failure due to ex-vessel steam explosion. The results of the analysis provide valuable insights regarding the effect of MELCOR models, modeling parameters, and sensitivity coefficients on melt release conditions and predictions of ex-vessel steam explosion loads on the containment structures.

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ASME International , 2020. Vol. 6, no 4, article id 041113
Keywords [en]
MELCOR, Nordic BWR, ROAAM, Severe accident
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Energy Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-291716DOI: 10.1115/1.4047552ISI: 000607810100014Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85094175403OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-291716DiVA, id: diva2:1538213
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Available from: 2021-03-18 Created: 2021-03-18 Last updated: 2022-09-13Bibliographically approved

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