Control of a fast reactor cooled by supercritical light water

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-91

  Nakatsuka, Tohru ^a   Oka, Yoshiaki ^a   Koshizuka, Seiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Proportional integral control; Reactor control; Supercritical water

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTROL RODS; CONTROLLABILITY; COOLANTS; FLOW OF WATER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE CONTROL; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

FEEDWATER FLOW; REACTOR CONTROL; SUPERCRITICAL LIGHT WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER COOLED REACTOR;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 0031647734     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt98-a2821     Document Type: Article

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