ASTEC model of the THS-15 test facility and first simulation results

In the framework of the NuWaMa project (Expansion of a German-Czech Collaboration in the Field of Nuclear Waste Management), a research stay at ÚJV Řež (Czech Republic) took place during May 2018 (from 1st of May till 31st of May). The objective of the research stay was the development of a numerical model of the thermal-hydraulic test facility THS-15, which had been put in operation at the ÚJV site in Řež recently in order to investigate phenomena related to ex-vessel cooling for in-vessel retention of molten corium. Assessing the performed experiments with the help of the numerical model is an important contribution to a comprehensive under-standing of the observed phenomena. The current state of the ASTEC model and the first calculation results are presented.