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QUENCH-17 |
DEBRIS test QUENCH-17 tomography reconstruction of bundle between elevations 345 and 760 mm. |
| QUENCH facility and test conduct 15MB |
Construction of test facility and simulation of test conduct with and without temperature escalation |
| QUENCH-SR Quench 6.2MB |
Quenching of a single fuel rod simulator with water from 1200 °C in the QUENCH-ST rig |
| QUENCH-SR Cool-down in various atmospheres 3.1MB |
Cool-down of single fuel rod simulators from 1200 °C in various atmospheres: Ar, Ar-H2, and He-H2. The effect of the exothermal hydrogen uptake is clearly visible |
| QUENCH-07/08 test conduct 0.5MB |
Comparison of power, temperature and hydrogen release between tests QUENCH-07 (with B4C absorber) and QUENCH-08 (without B4C) |
| QUENCH-08 temperatures 1.7MB |
Axial progression of bundle and shroud temperatures during test QUENCH-08 |
| QUENCH-08 video endoscope 6.7MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy from ca. 900 mm to grid spacer at 550 mm elevation. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod between shroud and bundle |
| QUENCH-09 video endoscope 9.4MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy from ca. 100 mm to grid spacer at 550 mm elevation. The camera was moved in the gap between shroud and bundle |
| QUENCH-09 video endoscope from top 8.8MB |
Strongly degraded and molten hot zone of the bundle QUENCH-09 after the test (elevation ca. 700-900 mm) |
| QUENCH-10 video endoscope 5.3MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy from ca. 650 mm to 800 mm elevation. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod between shroud and bundle |
| QUENCH-12 video endoscope 5.5MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod D between shroud and bundle. |
| QUENCH-12 video endoscope 6.9MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod F between shroud and bundle. |
| QUENCH-12 video endoscope 6.1MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod B between shroud and bundle. |
| QUENCH-13 video endoscope 6.8MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod B between shroud and bundle. |
| QUENCH-13 video endoscope 11.8MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod B between shroud and bundle. Side view camera. |
| QUENCH-13 video endoscope 7.6MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod D between shroud and bundle. |
| QUENCH-13 video endoscope 27.4MB |
Bundle inspection after the test before embedding in epoxy. The camera was moved in the space of the withdrawn corner rod D between shroud and bundle. Side view camera. Frozen relocated AgInCd-Zr melt is well visible below thethird spacer grid (time between 2'28" and 4'02") |
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CORA Facility |
Design of the CORA Facility for investigation of materials interactions during severe accidents. PWR and BWR bundles. Test conduct. |
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CORA-12 |
Video inspection of melt relocation during PWR bundle test CORA-12 at bundle elevation 400 mm. |
| CORA-17 2MB |
Video inspection of rising water during quench phase of BWR bundle test CORA-17 at bundle elevation 400 mm. (4x slow motion) |
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CORA-17 |
Video inspection of melt relocation during BWR bundle test CORA-17 at bundle elevation 400 mm. |