European approach for a Perennial Storage of Severe Accident Research Experimental Data as Resulting from EU Projects like SARNET, PHÉBUS FP and ISTP

In the fleet of European nuclear power plants, with a very low probability circumstances, severe accident sequences may result in core melting and plant damage leading to dispersal of radioactive material into the environment and thus constituting a health hazard to the public well beyond the borders of the State where the damaged plant is located. It is therefore crucial that the best state of knowledge on severe accident phenomenology, qualified computer tools and appropriate methodology should be used uniformly throughout Europe, in order to evaluate the corresponding risks and update former evaluations, taking into account notably the inevitable evolutions in reactor operations.

ZEYEN Roland;  BARBONI Marcello; 

2013-08-22

European Nuclear Society

JRC58686

978-92-95064-09-6,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC58686,