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in-vessel retention: a standalone construct

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Nuclear safety

a severe accident strategy that keeps molten core debris inside the reactor vessel by flooding the outside of the vessel to cool its lower head.

In nuclear safety, in-vessel retention refers to a severe accident strategy that keeps molten core debris inside the reactor vessel by flooding the outside of the vessel to cool its lower head. This meaning comes from Theofanous (1997) in Nuclear Engineering and Design.[1]

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accident3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs flooding3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs head3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Theofanous, T. G., Liu, C., Additon, S., Angelini, S., Kymäläinen, O., & Salmassi, T. (1997). In-vessel coolability and retention of a core melt. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 169(1-3), 1-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00009-5

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