The coolability limits of a reactor pressure vessel lower head

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 59-76

  Theofanous, T G ^a   Syri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; CORE MELTDOWN; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE VESSELS; THERMAL INSULATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COOLABILITY LIMITS;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031165348     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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