Study of leaktightness integrity of containment wall without liner in high performance concrete under accidental conditions-I. Experimentation

摘要

When a partially saturated concrete wall is subjected to accidental conditions (high temperature and steam water pressure, as a LOCA or more severe conditions), water vapour penetrates the containment wall until saturation level of the containment atmosphere is achieved. The rate of penetration of water vapour through concrete is progressively reduced, leading to improvement of the leaktightness integrity of the concrete wall. In this paper, experimental studies involving the measurement of temperature, moisture propagation and pore pressures in a concrete containment wall are presented.