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Sensitivity analysis of core slumping and debris quenching behavior of Fukushima Daiichi Unit-3 accident

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ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
卷 150, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107819

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Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power PLant; Severe accident; BWR; Sensitivity analysis

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  1. Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project of Japan

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The study focuses on a detailed analysis of the RPV pressure peak event that occurred in Unit-3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, suggesting possible scenarios for SRVs opening during pressurization and depressurization phases, and indicating that the particulate debris diameter is not a sensitive parameter in the current modeling. The study also estimates that around 70-110 GJ of energy can be removed by coolant during the debris quenching period with 30 tons of water reduction from the lower plenum.
The Great East Japan earthquake and the subsequent tsunami which occurred on March 11th, 2011 put the operating Units 1-3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in severe accident conditions and core meltdown due to station blackout. Although research efforts have been made by various parties to study the accident scenarios since the Fukushima accident, there remain unresolved issues regarding the core degradation behavior suggested by measurement data such as water level, Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) pressure and Primary Containment Vessel (PCV) pressure. To analyze and resolve such issues would be helpful to promote further understanding of the severe accident scenario at Fukushima units as well as the decommissioning work undergoing. The current study focuses on a detailed analysis of the RPV pressure peak event that occurred in Unit-3 at 12:00 on March 13th 2011. Sensitivity analysis cases were carried out with MELCOR 2.2 code' with sensitivity parameters that can influence the RPV pressure behavior, such as the debris quenching heat transfer coefficient, the number of opening SRVs during the RPV pressure peak event, amount of core slumping and particulate debris diameter. The cases that could reproduce the RPV pressure peak were further discussed to show likely debris bed energy history and the water mass history in the lower plenum during the RPV pressure peak event. The current study suggests that 1) Opening of SRVs equivalent to the total area of 4-6 fully-open SRVs (or equivalent leak area) could have occurred during the pressurization phase of the RPV accompanied by heavy debris quenching effect, while the opening of SRVs equivalent to a total area of at least 2 fully-open SRVs (or equivalent leak area) could have occurred during the depressurization phase of the RPV accompanied by moderate debris quenching effect. 2) The particulate debris diameter is not a very sensitive parameter when evaluating the debris quenching effect of Unit-3 in the current MELCOR modeling. 3) The current modeling suggests that around 70-110 GJ of energy can be removed by coolant during the debris quenching period with 30 tons of water reduction from the lower plenum. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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