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Quantification of the Effectiveness of Small Modular Reactor Containment Structures in Decontaminating Aerosolized Radionuclide Particles through Natural Phenomena in Simulated Nuclear Accidents
Purpose: Develop validation data to support the use of decontamination factors due to natural phenomena
Significance: Available correlations are for LLWRs, SMR-specific correlations must be empirically determined
Benefit: SMR correlations should provide reduced design basis and beyond design basis accident source terms
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Project Scope Includes Collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University for the Following Items:
Thermal-Hydraulic Research: Establish theoretical basis for natural decontamination phenomena
Test-Loop Design: Mechanical design of high pressure test vessels and test loop including sampling methods.
Computational Fluid Dynamics: CFD Simulation to optimize the test loop design and establish appropriate correlations.
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