UO$_2$-ZrO$_2$ melting in a cold crucible induction furnace : simulation and experiments

E. Sauvage (1) , P. Brun (1) , J. Lacombe (1) , L. Aufore (1)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)

In the field of severe accident studies for generation 2, 3 & 4 nuclear reactors, the Plinius-2 project aims to build a new facility to perform experiments of corium interactions tests at a large scale until 2020. In this context, the project, in collaboration with ECM Technologies, has to define and build a furnace able to melt up to 500 kg of different compositions of corium surrogates

Domains: Physics [physics]; Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Physics [physics]; Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

E. Sauvage, P. Brun, J. Lacombe, L. Aufore. UO$_2$-ZrO$_2$ melting in a cold crucible induction furnace : simulation and experiments. Electrotechnologies for Material Processing (XVIII International UIE-Congress), Jun 2017, Hannovre, Germany. ⟨cea-02338865⟩