Improvement of the European thermodynamic database NUCLEA
Modelling of corium behaviour during a severe accident requires knowledge of the phases present at equilibrium for a given corium composition, temperature and pressure. The thermodynamic database NUCLEA in combination with a Gibbs Energy minimizer is the European reference tool to achieve this goal. This database has been improved thanks to the analysis of bibliographical data and to EU-funded experiments performed within the SARNET network, PLINIUS as well as the ISTC CORPHAD and EVAN projects. To assess the uncertainty range associated with Energy Dispersive X-ray analyses, a round-robin exercise has been launched in which a UO2-containing corium-concrete interaction sample from VULCANO has been analyzed by three European laboratories with satisfactorily small differences. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
BAKARDJIEVA S.;
BARRACHIN M.;
BECHTA S. V.;
BOTTOMLEY Paul;
BRISSONNEAU L.;
CHEYNET B.;
FISCHER E.;
JOURNEAU C.;
KISELOVA M.;
MEZENTSEVA L. P.;
PILUSO P.;
WISS Thierry;
2012-01-17
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
JRC67123
0149-1970,
http://www.mendeley.com/research/improvement-of-the-european-thermodynamic-database-nuclea/,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC67123,
10.1016/j.pnucene.2009.09.014,
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