Nuclear Reactor Technology has been a field of considerable interest and research in the United States and abroad during the previous three decades due to an increasing reliance upon nuclear power to meet the escalating global demand for electricity within both the developed and under-developed countries of the world. As would be the case for any high-risk industry, the commercial nuclear power industry as well as governmental regulators have placed a great deal of emphasis on reactor accident analysis and safety research.
Contributors
Preface
PART I : HEAT TRANSFER FROM HEAT-GENERATING POOLS AND PARTICULATE BEDS
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Molten Pool Heat Transfer
Chapter 3 : Dryout Heat Flux
Chapter 4 : Summary
PART II : HYDROGEN COMBUSTION AND ITS APPLICATION TO NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY
Chapter 5 : Introduction
Chapter 6 : Combustion Parameters
Chapter 7 : Fast Flames and Detonations
Chapter 8 : Application to Severe Accident Analysis
Chapter 9 : Recommendations
Chapter 10 : Concluding Results
PART III : HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF EXPLOSIVE MELT-WATER INTERACTIONS
Chapter 11 : Introduction
Chapter 12 : Description of the Explosion Process
Chapter 13 : A Very Brief History
Chapter 14 : Premixing
Chapter 15 : Triggering
Chapter 16 : Propagation
Chapter 17 : Combined Thermal-Chemical Explosions
Chapter 18 : Integral Explosion Assessments
Chapter 19 : Appendix
PART IV : HEAT TRANSFER DURING DIRECT CONTAINMENT HEATING
Chapter 20 : Introduction
Chapter 21 : DCH Integral Database
Chapter 22 : Overview of Modeling Tools
Chapter 23 : Discharge Phenomena
Chapter 24 : Transport Phenomena
Chapter 25 : Chemical and Thermal Interactions of Debris with Gas
Chapter 26 : Hydrogen Combustion
Chapter 27 : Heat Transfer to Structures
Chapter 28 : Impact of Water on DCH
Chapter 29 : DCH in Pressure-Suppresion Containments
Chapter 30 : Closure
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