Simulation of corrosion product activity in pressurized water reactors under flow rate transients

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 331-345

  Mirza, Anwar M ^a   Mirza, Nasir M ^a   Mir, Imran ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COBALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; CORROSION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW OF FLUIDS; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM;

CORROSION PRODUCTS; REACTOR SCRAM;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0032048213     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(97)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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