Assessment of a new model for the investigation of an hypothetical Steam Generator Tube Rupture (SGTR) a

Thesis topic details

General information

Organisation

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DES-24-0686  

Thesis topic details

Category

Engineering science

Thesis topics

Assessment of a new model for the investigation of an hypothetical Steam Generator Tube Rupture (SGTR) accident in Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFR).

Contract

Thèse

Job description

The purpose of this PhD thesis is to implement and assess a new vapor explosion model in the
CEA code Europlexus, to investigate an hypothetical steam generator tube ruptures (SGTR) inside
the primary coolant pool of a lead-cooled fast reactors (LFR).

University / doctoral school

Ecole Doctorale de l’Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)
IP. Paris

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/06/2024

Person to be contacted by the applicant

Beccantini Alberto alberto.beccantini@cea.fr
CEA
DEN/DM2S/SEMT/DYN
CEA Saclay DM2S/SEMT/DYN
Bat. 607
91191 GIF SUR YVETTE CEDEX
FRANCE
Point Courrier 116
0169089724

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

LAFON Philippe
EDF
IMSIA, UMR 9219 ENSTA Paris - EDF - CNRS - CEA
EDF Lab Paris-Saclay

Boulevard Gaspard Monge 91120 Palaiseau

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