CORVIS. Investigation of light water reactor lower head failure modes

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 168, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 77-104

  Brosi, S ^a,c   Duijvestijn, G ^a   Hirschmann, H ^a   Jackel B S ^a   Nakada, K ^b   Patorski, J A ^a   Rosel R ^a   Seifert, H P ^a   Tipping, Ph ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0002691157     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(96)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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