The results of a simulation of ACE MCCI test L8 facility (ANL, Argonne, USA) on the interaction of melt with concrete are presented. The objectives of this work are the validation of previously developed models of the melt–concrete interaction and an analysis of inconsistencies in the yield of carbon oxides, which are explained by aspects of the thermochemistry of the interaction. The computational and experimental results were compared by way of the advancement of erosion boundary of the concrete, the yield of hydrogen and carbon oxides from the melt, and the integral yield of the fission-product imitators. The agreement is satisfactory. The spread of the results on varying the main parameters of the calculation was assessed.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 133, No. 4, pp. 223–229, October, 2022.
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Ozrin, V.D., Filippov, A.S. Modeling of the ACE-L8 Experiment on Melt–Concrete Interaction. At Energy 133, 233–239 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-023-01002-6
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