Validation studies of a computational model for molten material freezing

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-176

  Sawada, Tetsuo ^a,b   Ninokata, Hisashi ^a,c   Shimizu, Akinao ^a,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core disruptive accidents; Molten material freezing; Transition phase

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BREEDER REACTORS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS; IRON; MIXTURES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

PIN CLADDING; THERMITE; TRAN SIMULATION TEST; TRANSITION PHASE;

FREEZING;

EID: 0030085084     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35186     Document Type: Article

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