Severe accident mitigation strategy for the generation II PWRs in France - Some outcomes of the on-going periodic safety review of the French 1300Â MWe PWR series

This paper presents the analysis conducted by IRSN during the 3rd periodic safety review of the French 1300 MWe PWRs. Future NPP upgrades to limit radioactive releases in case of containment filtered venting, to prevent containment venting and basemat melt-through are analysed in another framework (post-Fukushima and long-term operation projects).