Abstract
The maximum credible accident is defined as the most serious accident which one can conceive without implying any clearly impossible circumstance.
As far as the BR3 reactor is concerned, the simultaneous rupture of both primary and secondary loops could result in the following
consequences
a) flash of water and steam in the containment building ;
b) melting of the fuel elements, the reactor core being uncovered ;
c) chemical reaction involving water and the zirconium included in the
extension part of the control rods ;
d) this Chemical reaction would release hydrogen which would react
with the oxygen of the air.
As far as the BR3 reactor is concerned, the simultaneous rupture of both primary and secondary loops could result in the following
consequences
a) flash of water and steam in the containment building ;
b) melting of the fuel elements, the reactor core being uncovered ;
c) chemical reaction involving water and the zirconium included in the
extension part of the control rods ;
d) this Chemical reaction would release hydrogen which would react
with the oxygen of the air.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | SCK CEN |
| Number of pages | 74 |
| State | Published - Nov 1961 |
Publication series
| Name | SCK CEN Reports |
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| Publisher | SCK CEN |
| No. | BLG-63 |