The Physical State of Post-Loss-of-Coolant Accident Containment Atmospheres
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Technology
- Vol. 44 (3) , 411-428
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nt79-a32276
Abstract
The mass, energy, and momentum transfer mechanisms have been analyzed in a post-loss-of-coolant accident containment atmosphere. It is established that for the duration of the pressurization transient, superheated and two-phase atmosphere regions will exist simultaneously in the containment. The saturated state will exist merely as a transitional region. For primary system breaks, containment atmosphere behavior will be dominated by the two-phase state.Keywords
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