...M. D. Shah; A. C. Morreale; L. S. Lebel In many jurisdictions, filtered containment venting systems are an integral part of severe accident management guidelines but are normally only used as a last resort, to be manually activated when the containment pressure approaches the containment failure...

... accidents (severe accidents). The ability to simulate core meltdown and containment breach made it very suitable for emergency preparedness drills. After the 2017 simulator upgrade, fuel meltdown in the spent fuel pool can be simulated using the Modular Accident Analysis Program—MAAP5. This capability...