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- Journeau, C., et al.
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Safest roadmap for corium experimental research in Europe
- 2018
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In: ASCE-ASME J of Risk & Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B. - : ASME Press. - 2332-9017 .- 2332-9025. ; 4:3
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Severe accident facilities for European safety targets (SAFEST) is a European project networking the European experimental laboratories focused on the investigation of a nuclear power plant (NPP) severe accident (SA) with reactor core melting and formation of hazardous material system known as corium. The main objective of the project is to establish coordinated activities, enabling the development of a common vision and severe accident research roadmaps for the next years, and of the management structure to achieve these goals. In this frame, a European roadmap on severe accident experimental research has been developed to define research challenges to contribute to further reinforcement of Gen II and III NPP safety. The roadmap takes into account different SA phenomena and issues identified and prioritized in the analyses of severe accidents at commercial NPPs and in the results of the recent European stress tests carried out after the Fukushima accident. Nineteen relevant issues related to reactor core meltdown accidents have been selected during these efforts. These issues have been compared to a survey of the European SA research experimental facilities and corium analysis laboratories. Finally, the coherence between European infrastructures and R&D needs has been assessed and a table linking issues and infrastructures has been derived. The comparison shows certain important lacks in SA research infrastructures in Europe, especially in the domains of core late reflooding impact on source term, reactor pressure vessel failure and molten core release modes, spent fuel pool (SFP) accidents, as well as the need for a large-scale experimental facility operating with up to 500 kg of chemically prototypic corium melt.
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- Korobeinikov, I, et al.
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Surface Tension and Density of Cr–Mn–Ni Steels with Transformation Induced Plasticity Effect
- 2020
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In: Steel Research International. - : Wiley-VCH Verlag. - 1611-3683 .- 1869-344X.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Thermophysical properties of liquid metal alloys play a crucial role in the variety of processes. Present work reports experimental investigations of two new transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steels. A classical maximum bubble pressure technique is successfully used to measure surface tension and density of the liquid TRIP-steel samples in the temperatures range of 1500–1800 °C. Experiments are performed in two different measurement cells from TU Freiberg and Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Cadarache. Capillaries are made of zirconia partially stabilized with yttrium oxide, and the samples are molten in Al2O3 crucibles. Measurements are conducted under the argon atmosphere. Surface tension of the investigated samples rises up to 1700 °C and further remains the same. Density of the new steels obtained in this study is in good agreement with the previously reported values for Fe–Cr alloys with similar Cr content. Density of the alloy is estimated as 875 488–11 885 × T (±218.85 kg m−3) for a 15%Cr alloy and 796 042–06 897 × T (±199 kg m−3) for a 19%Cr alloy.
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