Characterization of jet breakup mechanisms observed from simulant of molten fuel penetrating coolant. Technical progress report, 1989--1990

The objective of the proposed experiments is to replicate approximately, by injecting low melting point metal alloys into Freon-11 and liquid nitrogen, the dispersal of corium streams in water. To first gain a better understanding of the corium dispersal process to be simulated, experimental data from the CCM experiments, in which the injection of streams of molten corium into water was studied, was interpreted in cooperation with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) staff. The results of these experiments are discussed briefly below. This is followed by a description of the preparations made to date for the present simulant experiments