Influence of the wet-well nodalization of a BWR3 Mark I on the containment thermal-hydraulic response during an SBO accident

• Published in: Nuclear engineering and design Vol. 295; pp. 138 - 147
• Main Authors: Herranz, Luis E., Fontanet, Joan, Fernández, Elena, López, Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.12.2015

•Analysis of SBO sequences in BWR3 Mark I containments.•Multiple-mesh nodalization allows pool stratification set up.•Mass, momentum and energy exchanges between nodes play a key role.•Validation/verification against a scaled-down database required to credit meshing schemes. In the field of severe a...