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Effect of Spray System on Fission Product Distribution in Containment During a Severe Accident in a Two-Loop Pressurized Water Reactor

  • Dehjourian, Mehdi (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran) ;
  • Rahgoshay, Mohammad (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran) ;
  • Sayareh, Reza (Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kerman Graduate University of Technology) ;
  • Jahanfarnia, Gholamreza (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran) ;
  • Shirani, Amir Saied (Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University)
  • Received : 2015.11.18
  • Accepted : 2016.03.09
  • Published : 2016.08.25
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Abstract

The containment response during the first 24 hours of a low-pressure severe accident scenario in a nuclear power plant with a two-loop Westinghouse-type pressurized water reactor was simulated with the CONTAIN 2.0 computer code. The accident considered in this study is a large-break loss-of-coolant accident, which is not successfully mitigated by the action of safety systems. The analysis includes pressure and temperature responses, as well as investigation into the influence of spray on the retention of fission products and the prevention of hydrogen combustion in the containment.

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