Abstract
Using SCDAP/RELAP5 (RELAP/SCDAPSIM Mod 3.4), a model with postulated boundary conditions has been developed to simulate the evolution of the fuel channel in a CANada Deuterium Uranium reactor type (CANDU6) during a large loss of coolant accident (LLOCA) with a coincidence of a loss of emergency cooling (LOECC). The accident simulation is initiated from the steady-state flow regime and different steam mass flow rates are imposed in order to run sensitivity calculations of the heatup phase. Results are compared to referenced CHAN II code results for the same accident boundary conditions, concerning the fuel and pressure tube temperatures, power components (generated and exchanged to the moderator) and hydrogen production. The input model is applied both to the intact and to the disassembled bundle with 37 fuel elements. The paper includes a brief discussion of the capabilities of the present SCDAP component models, dedicated to PWR–BWR reactor components, to treat the degradation phenomena in the fuel channel during severe accidents in CANDU reactors, and also of the developments needed to enhance the quality of the code predictions.
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