Integrity assessment of the high temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR) control rod at very high temperatures

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Tachibana, Y ^a   Shiozawa, S ^a   Fukakura, J ^b   Matsumoto, F ^b   Araki, T ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ALLOY 800H; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING TEST REACTORS (HTTR); INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT;

CONTROL RODS;

EID: 0031551199     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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