Mechanistic modelling of station blackout accidents for a generic 900 MW CANDU plant using the modified RELAP/SCDAPSIM/MOD3.6 code

CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) reactors have many unique design features that play important roles during a severe accident, however analysis of such features using Light Water Reactor (LWR) specific computer codes is challenging. Severe accidents in CANDU involve complex thermo-mechanical deformation phenomena which differ from the phenomena present during LWR accidents. For example, during complete station blackout scenarios with a failure …