Research Article
Analysis of the Processes in Spent Fuel Pools in Case of Loss of Heat Removal due to Water Leakage
Table 2
Comparison of SFP models for three different codes.
| Parameter | ATHLET-CD | ASTEC | RELAP/SCDAPSIM |
| Total power of SFA, kW | 4253 | Water level, m | 16.9 | Water volume in SFP, m3 | 5070 | Initial water temperature, °C | 50 | Water leakage rate, kg/s | 21.111 | Water injection rate, kg/s | 27.8 | Time of water injection start, s | 300000 | Number of SFP nodes | 22 | Outside wall thickness, m | 0.5 | Heat transfer by radiation | evaluated | Oxidation reaction with air | evaluated | Oxidation reaction with steam | evaluated |
| Total hight of volume with air above water, m | 11 | 11 | 11 | SFP hall height, m | 10 | 0 | 10 | Height of air in SFP above water, m | 1 | 11 | 1 | Cooling of outside wall of SFP | Air (25°C) | Constant heat transfer coef. (5 W/m2) | Air (25°C) | Number of modelled SFA group in SFP | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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