The THAI experimental programme includes combined-effect investigations on thermal hydraulics, hydrogen, and fission product (iodine and aerosols) behaviour in LWR containments under severe accident conditions. An overview on the experiments performed up to now and on the future test program is presented, in combination with a selection of typical results to illustrate the versatility of the test facility and the broad variety of topics investigated.

Volume Subject Area:
Thermal Hydraulics
Keywords:
Severe accident, containment, thermal hydraulics, hydrogen, iodine, aerosols, multi-compartment, gas distribution, stratification, hydrogen deflagration, PAR, passive autocatalytic recombiner, resuspension, THAI test facility
Topics:
Accidents, Aerosols, Containment, Hydrogen, Test facilities, Thermal hydraulics, Explosions, Light water reactors, Nuclear fission
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