TEMPEST: Testing and enhanced modelling of passive evolutionary systems technology for containment cooling

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 00.0477
• Titre du projet anglais: TEMPEST: Testing and enhanced modelling of passive evolutionary systems technology for containment cooling

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Boiling water reactor; passive safety systems; decay heat removal experiments; mixing and stratification; CFD model validation;
Nuclear Fission; Radiation Protection; Safety

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: FIKS-2000-00095

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 5.5.2 Nuclear fission

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Partenaires et organisations internationales (Anglais)

NRG (NL), CEA (F), FZK, GRS and Framatome-ANP (D), VTT (FIN), PSI (CH)

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

The goal of this proposal is to address most significant challenge facing Nuclear Power, improved economics and need for operational flexibility. New plants address challenge by reducing capital cost and operating plants improve their economics in several ways including increase in the power output. This proposal addresses the issue of pressure suppression design and decay heat removal systems and ways to reduce conservatism in designs. This will allow either a reduction in the containment cost or an easier increase in operating plant power levels. An integrated and focused testing and analytical programme addressing the remaining uncertainties in the post accident response addresses these issues. The proposal is endorsed by a group of European utilities and the team primarily consists of European specialists in their respective fields. Technology and resources of additional international partners are used to leverage the European resources.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0477