Light water reactor safety : the development of advanced models and codes for light water reactor safety analysis

Description

The authors of this text aim to educate the reader on nuclear power and its future potential. It focuses on nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, and their consequences, with the understanding that there are safety lessons to be learned if nuclear power generation is going to be expanded to meet our growing energy needs 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Features of Light Water Reactors -- 3. Accident Scenarios -- 4. Integral Experiments -- 5. Thermal Hydraulic Models -- 6. Component Heat Transfer -- 7. Mechanical Models -- 8. Materials Interactions -- 9. Melt Progression Models -- 10. Steam Explosions -- 11. Debris Coolability Models -- 12. Debris Interactions within the Vessel -- 13. Fission Products -- 14. Cavity Phenomena -- 15. Core Debris Interactions with Concrete -- 16. Aerosol Production from Core-Concrete Interactions -- 17. Containment Thermal-Hydraulics -- 18. Containment Aerosol and Fission Product Models -- 19. Thermophysical Properties -- 20. Computer Codes -- 21. Code Validation -- 22. The Accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2: Implications for Model Development -- 23. Plant Studies -- 24. Accident Management -- 25. Advanced Reactors