Following the Fukushima accident, the subject of a possible risk of criticality of corium has been the subject of renewed interest. In a severe accident, the fuel - if not cooled in time - will eventually melt and form a mixture called corium. This mixture can puncture the vessel and spill into the vessel pit. If water is sprayed on, the corium will fragment into small debris (median size observed in FARO experiments ≈ 3 mm). Under certain conditions (porosity, liquid water presence rate) the debris bed can reach criticality. The energy released during a reactivity transient must be estimated in order to evaluate the consequences of such an event.The objective of this thesis is to broaden the knowledge on the criticality of debris beds and ...
The steam explosion is one of the most critical and complex phenomena that may occur during severe a...
Le couplage multiphysique devient important dans les domaines de l’ingénierie nucléaire et de l’info...
The safety analysis of nuclear power plants requires a deep understanding of underlying key physical...
Following the Fukushima accident, the subject of a possible risk of criticality of corium has been t...
The TMI-2 accident and recently Fukushima accident demonstrated that the nuclear safety philosophy h...
Thèse confidentielle jusqu'au 10 mars 2030.In the case of a hypothetical nuclear severe accident wit...
This thesis was developed within in the framework of the multi-scale and multi-physics models for th...
Within the framework of the Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) R&D program of CEA (Frenc...
In the hypothesis of a nuclear reactor severe accident, the core could melt and form a hightemperatu...
Les événements récents au Japon sur les centrales nucléaires de Fukushima ont montré que des acciden...
This manuscript presents a pore-scale experimental study of convective boiling heat transfer in a tw...
In this work, we evaluate the impact of simulating the thermal-hydraulics feedback in criticality ri...
Ce document est la propriété de l'IRSN et ne peut être communiqué, reproduit ou utilisé sans son aut...
The steam explosion is one of the most critical and complex phenomena that may occur during severe a...
Le couplage multiphysique devient important dans les domaines de l’ingénierie nucléaire et de l’info...
The safety analysis of nuclear power plants requires a deep understanding of underlying key physical...
Following the Fukushima accident, the subject of a possible risk of criticality of corium has been t...
The TMI-2 accident and recently Fukushima accident demonstrated that the nuclear safety philosophy h...
Thèse confidentielle jusqu'au 10 mars 2030.In the case of a hypothetical nuclear severe accident wit...
This thesis was developed within in the framework of the multi-scale and multi-physics models for th...
Within the framework of the Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) R&D program of CEA (Frenc...
In the hypothesis of a nuclear reactor severe accident, the core could melt and form a hightemperatu...
Les événements récents au Japon sur les centrales nucléaires de Fukushima ont montré que des acciden...
This manuscript presents a pore-scale experimental study of convective boiling heat transfer in a tw...
In this work, we evaluate the impact of simulating the thermal-hydraulics feedback in criticality ri...
Ce document est la propriété de l'IRSN et ne peut être communiqué, reproduit ou utilisé sans son aut...
The steam explosion is one of the most critical and complex phenomena that may occur during severe a...
Le couplage multiphysique devient important dans les domaines de l’ingénierie nucléaire et de l’info...
The safety analysis of nuclear power plants requires a deep understanding of underlying key physical...