Heat and Mass Transfer Aspects in Nuclear Power Generation

This paper addresses specific heat and mass transfer aspects linked to nuclear power generation safety analysis. Nuclear power plants design and licensing depends on safety analysis performed using dedicated computer codes for heat and mass transfer, thermal-hydraulics, neutron calculations in order to anticipate and address transient and any unwanted operating regimes. Fission produced or residual heat present at all times in the core of a nuclear power plant demands special systems for heat removal and the heat and mass transfer aspects are the most important nuclear systems design criteria.