Melt dispersion and direct containment heating (DCH) experiments for KONVOI reactors. (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7567)

The DISCO-H test facility was used to perform scaled experiments that simulate melt ejection scenarios under low system pressure in Severe Accidents in Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR). These experiments are designed to investigate the fluid-dynamic, thermal and chemical processes during melt ejection out of a breach in the lower head of a PWR pressure vessel at pressures around and below 2 MPa with an iron-alumina melt and steam. The report presents results from a test series with the geometry of the German Konvoi reactor.