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Results from a calculation study on analyzing the formation of a melt bath in a crucible-type catcher for the conditions of a severe accident at a nuclear power station equipped with VVER-1000 reactors are presented. It is shown that the heat loads exerted on the water-cooled walls of the corium catcher shell are limited to a permissible level at which the necessary margins to nucleate boiling crisis and to destruction are ensured under the conditions of thermal and mechanical loading of the shell. An important role of sacrificial material in the efficient operation of the corium catcher is pointed out.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Beshta, S.A. Vitol’, V.S. Granovskii, E.K. Kalyago, S.V. Kovtunova, E.V. Krushinov, M.B. Sulatskaya, A.A. Sulatskii, V.B. Khabenskii, V.I. Al’myashev, V.V. Gusarov, 2011, published in Teploenergetika.
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Beshta, S.V., Vitol’, S.A., Granovskii, V.S. et al. Formation of a nuclear reactor’s molten core bath in a crucible-type corium catcher for a nuclear power station equipped with VVER reactors. Therm. Eng. 58, 424–428 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601511050041
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