Validation of MAAP model enhancement for Fukushima Dai-ichi accident analysis with Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT)

Abstract

The Modular Accident Analysis Program (MAAP) model enhancement items to improve the simulation capability for molten corium behavior in the accidents at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants were validated with the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT). The importance ranks of the identified phenomena were evaluated for each time phase through brainstorming and discussion with the experts in the Atomic Energy Society of Japan and the members of the MAAP model enhancement project. When the current MAAP evaluation models were reviewed with the PIRT, it is found that 95 of the 386 high-ranked phenomena were not considered in MAAP 5.0.1. While 62 of these phenomena will have been addressed in the MAAP enhancement project and 25 others are not suitable to be analyzed by MAAP, 8 important phenomena should be considered in post-MAAP enhancement project with additional experiments or fundamental studies. © 2014 Atomic Energy Society of Japan. All rights reserved.