Steam explosion in nuclear reactors: Droplets of molten steel vs core melt droplets

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• 作者：Leonid A. Dombrovsky ^{ldombr@yandex.ru}
• 关键词：Steam explosion ; Radiative heat transfer ; Solidification ; Core melt ; Molten steel ; Nuclear reactor
• 刊名：International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：107
• 期：Complete
• 页码：432-438
• 全文大小：597 K
• 卷排序：107

文摘

Contribution of molten steel and corium to steam explosion is analyzed. Fast surface solidification of corium particles prevents their fragmentation. The role of fine steel particles in possible steam explosion is important. The explosion triggering models for nuclear reactors should be modified.