The R&D PERFROI project on Thermal mechanical and thermal hydraulics behaviors of a fuel rod assembly during a Loss Of Coolant Accident - IRSN - Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire
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The R&D PERFROI project on Thermal mechanical and thermal hydraulics behaviors of a fuel rod assembly during a Loss Of Coolant Accident

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The safety principle in case of a LOCA is to preserve the short and long term coolability of the core. The associated safety requirements are to ensure the resistance of the fuel rods upon quench and post-quench loads and to maintain a coolable geometry in the core. An R&D program has been launched by IRSN with the support of EDF, to perform both experimental and modeling activities in the frame of the LOCA transient, on technical issues such as: - flow blockage within a fuel rods bundle and its potential impact on coolability, - fuel fragment relocation in the ballooned areas: its potential impact on cladding PCT (Peak Cladding Temperature) and on the maximum oxidation rate, - potential loss of cladding integrity upon quench and post-quench loads. The PERFROI project (2014-2019) focusing on the first above issue, is structured in two axes: 1. axis 1: thermal mechanical behavior of deformation and rupture of cladding taking into account the contact between fuel rods; specific research at LaMCoS laboratory focus on the hydrogen behavior in cladding alloys and its impact on the mechanical behavior of the rod; and, 2. axis 2: thermal hydraulics study of a partially blocked region of the core (ballooned area taking into account the fuel relocation with local over power), during cooling phase by water injection; More detailed activities foreseen in collaboration with LEMTA laboratory will focus on the characterization of two phase flows with heat transfer in deformed structures.
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Georges Repetto, Cristina Dominguez, Benoît Durville, S. Carnemolla, Claudio C. Campello, et al.. The R&D PERFROI project on Thermal mechanical and thermal hydraulics behaviors of a fuel rod assembly during a Loss Of Coolant Accident. 16th International Topical Meeting on Nucelar Reactor Thermal 16th Hydraulics (NURETH-16), American Nuclear Society, Aug 2015, Chicago, United States. ⟨hal-01445542⟩
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