External cooling of a pressurized water reactor vessel during a severe accident

Kerntechnik

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 67-76

  Kolev, N I ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BUOYANCY; CALCULATIONS; COOLING; DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR CORES;

EXTERNAL COOLING; METALLIC LAYER; MOLTEN CORE; THERMAL ATTACK; WALL ABLATION;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0030146862     PISSN: 09323902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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