Simulation of Core Heating up During Severe Accident Sequence

The core heating up of AP1000 reactor during a severe accident sequence was simulated numerically by FLUENT. The objective was to study the uniformity of the heating up after the uncover but before significant melting of the core in more detail than that was possible using integral severe accident codes and obtain the temperature of shroud and baffle, also to assess the MAAP core heating up calculation. The results show that before significant core damaging, the shroud and baffle have melted causing an side relocation of the debris. Furthermore, the MAAP calculation of core heating up is also acceptable.