Application of the W + (combining low line)COBRA/TRAC best-estimate methodology to the AP600 large-break LOCA analysis

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 279-301

  Zhang, Jinzhao ^a   Bajorek, S M ^b   Kemper, R M ^c   Nissley, M E ^c   Petkov, N ^c   Hochreiter, L E ^d  

^a TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING   (Belgium)

^b Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^c WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTOR CORES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

REACTOR SAFETY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE WCOBRA/TRAC;

LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0032206536     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(98)00279-9     Document Type: Article

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