Fluid and thermal mixing in a model cold leg and downcomer with loop flow

This report describes an experimental program of fluid mixing experiments performed at atmospheric pressure in a 1/5-scale transparent model of the cold leg and downcomer of typical Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactors. The results include transient data from a grid of thermocouples and exensive flow visualization photographs. Substantial mixing of cold injected water with hot primary coolant occurred during many of the tests.