Use of refractory coatings in systems for melt containment in a serious accident at a nuclear power plant with a Vvér reactor

A computational analysis is performed of the use of zirconium dioxide ceramic in melt containment systems with relatively thin heat-conducting structures. The results of an investigation of the physicochemical processes for the interaction of melt with zirconium dioxide ceramic are presented. It is...

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Published inAtomic energy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 868 - 873
Main Authors MINEEV, V. N, AKOPOV, F. A, KHABENSKII, V. B, VIRNIK, A. M, GUTKIN, L. D, DOMBROVSKII, L. A, ZAICHIK, L. I, ZEIGARNIK, Yu. A, BESHTA, S. V, GRANOVSKII, V. S, KOVTUNOVA, S. V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg Springer 01.11.2000
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Ceramics
Containment
Cooling
Melts
Nuclear accidents & safety
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear power generation
Nuclear power plants
Refractory coatings
Zirconium
Zirconium dioxide
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Summary:A computational analysis is performed of the use of zirconium dioxide ceramic in melt containment systems with relatively thin heat-conducting structures. The results of an investigation of the physicochemical processes for the interaction of melt with zirconium dioxide ceramic are presented. It is shown that the use of zirconium dioxide ceramic together with a passive water source gives the required melt cooling parameters for 3 to 24 h depending on the cooling regime. 4 figures, 9 references.
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ISSN:1063-4258
1573-8205
DOI:10.1023/A:1011381913604