Research Article

Uncertainty Analysis of the Potential Hazard of MCCI during Severe Accidents for the CANDU6 Plant

Table 1

Timings of key events for the station blackout scenario base case in the Wolsong-1 plant (based on ISAAC calculation).

EventTime (base case)
hours, (seconds)

SG inventory depletion2.8 (10,032)
Pressure tube rupture4.0 (14,272)
CFVS first open6.7 (24,034)
Calandria vessel inventory depletion11.5 (41,558)
Calandria vessel failure45.6 (164,188)
Calandria vault inventory depletion49.3 (177,502)
Calandria vault floor rupture101.0 (363,473)
Reactor building failure102.4 (368,484)