Review of LOFT [Loss-of-Fluid Test] Large Break experiments [OECD LOFT Project] (NUREG/IA-0028)

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Date Published: October 1989

Prepared by:
S.M. Modro
Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf

S.N. Aksan
Paul Scherrer Institute

V.T. Berta
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

A.B. Wahba
Gesellschaft fuer Reaktorsicherheit

Winfrith Technology Centre
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Winfrith, Dorchester
Dorset, England DT 28 DH

Prepared as part of:
The Agreement on Research Participation and Technical Exchange
under the International Thermal-Hydraulic Code Assessment
and Application Program (ICAP)

Published by:
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555

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Abstract

Six non-nuclear and five nuclear large break loss-of-coolant experiments were performed in the Loss-of-Fluid Test (LOFT) PWR facility at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. These experiments provided a large amount of data necessary for evaluation and refinement of reactor system-computer codes and had major impact on the understanding of large break loss-of-coolant accidents. An overview of these nuclear large break experiments performed under NRC and OECD LOFT programs is given and the major research results are presented.