The paper presents CFD code validation and benchmarking against the NUPEC BFBT (BWR FullSize Fine-Mesh Bundle Tests) data, performed within the OECD/NRC BFBT void distribution benchmark and as part of the NURESIM (European Platform for Nuclear Reactor Simulations) Integrated Project. Sub-cooled flow boiling occurs in many industrial applications and is characterized by large heat transfer coeff...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is responsible for managing its liabilities for redundant research reactors and other active facilities concerned with the development of the UK nuclear technology programme since 1947. These liabilities include irradiated graphite from a variety of different sources including low irradiation temperature reactor graphite (the Windscale Piles 1 & 2, British...