Separate Effects Test Matrix for Thermal-hydraulic Code Validation: Facility and Experiment Characteristics,Vol II

The Computer Code Validation Matrix (CCVM) dealing with Separate Effect Test Facility (SETF) experiments aimed at fixing a roadmap for thermal-hydraulic system code validation and at gathering data to perform code validation. The CCVM was issued within the framework of an activity performed by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / Nuclear Energy Agency / Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (OECD/NEA/CSNI); thus, the acronym CCVM may also be expanded as CSNI Code Validation Matrix. Two main steps of the activity which led to the issue of the matrix can be distinguished: a) Identification of thermal-hydraulic phenomena relevant in Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) in Design Basis Accident (DBA) conditions; b) Identification of SETF and of experiments in SETF where the phenomena are characterized by proper measurements. The volumes I and II of the SETF CCVM document deal with steps a) and b), respectively (Vol II is concerned here).