TY - CHAP
T1 - Development and validation of fuel performance codes (POKEVA)
T2 - LOCA Test Simulation with FRAPTRAN-GENFLO (POKEVA)
AU - Stengård, Jan-Olof
AU - Miettinen, Jaakko
AU - Kelppe, Seppo
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In assuring reactor safety with increasing target
burnups, fuel behaviour in postulated accident conditions
is receiving high attention. Within the OECD Halden
Project in Norway, a programme of integral reactor tests
in closely simulated light-water reactor loss-of-coolant
accident (LOCA) conditions and with high-burnup power
reactor fuel has been implemented [1]. The tests,
designated as the IFA-650 series, now encompass seven
abundantly instrumented in-pile tests and versatile post
irradiation examinations.
From the very beginning, VTT has been active in planning
and qualifying the tests whereby the VTT GENFLO [2, 3]
and amended USNRC FRAPTRAN codes, and their combination
have been instrumental. In the following, success of some
of the simulations with due consideration of the special
features of the test arrangement are reviewed.
In the Halden IFA-650 series, testing, post-test
examinations, and related supporting and qualifying
analyses continue.
AB - In assuring reactor safety with increasing target
burnups, fuel behaviour in postulated accident conditions
is receiving high attention. Within the OECD Halden
Project in Norway, a programme of integral reactor tests
in closely simulated light-water reactor loss-of-coolant
accident (LOCA) conditions and with high-burnup power
reactor fuel has been implemented [1]. The tests,
designated as the IFA-650 series, now encompass seven
abundantly instrumented in-pile tests and versatile post
irradiation examinations.
From the very beginning, VTT has been active in planning
and qualifying the tests whereby the VTT GENFLO [2, 3]
and amended USNRC FRAPTRAN codes, and their combination
have been instrumental. In the following, success of some
of the simulations with due consideration of the special
features of the test arrangement are reviewed.
In the Halden IFA-650 series, testing, post-test
examinations, and related supporting and qualifying
analyses continue.
M3 - Chapter or book article
SN - 978-951-38-7266-3
T3 - VTT Tiedotteita - Research Notes
SP - 112
EP - 119
BT - SAFIR2010: The Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2007-2010
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -