@inbook{509f3a60a988432da90f4fe6d299d50b,
title = "Core melt stabilization (COMESTA): HECLA Experiments on Melt-Concrete Interactions",
abstract = "The HECLA experiments investigate interactions between metallic melt and concrete. They involve pouring of 50 kg of stainless steel into a cylindrical concrete crucible. Three full-scale experiments have already been performed, one with ordinary siliceous concrete and two with hematite-containing concrete, similar to the sacrificial concrete in the EPR reactor pit. The ablation depths have been between 0 and 30 mm. Clear differences between the two concrete types have not been observed. Dramatic effects, e.g. explosive spalling, have not taken place.",
author = "Tuomo Sevon and Stefan Holmstr{\"o}m and Jouko Virta and Tuomo Kinnunen",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-951-38-7266-3",
series = "VTT Tiedotteita - Research Notes",
publisher = "VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland",
number = "2466",
pages = "295--303",
booktitle = "SAFIR2010: The Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2007-2010",
address = "Finland",
}