Results of recent KROTOS FCI tests: alumina versus corium melts

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 379-389

  Huhtiniemi, I ^a   Magallon, D ^a   Hohmann, H ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COOLING; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PRESSURE;

CORIUM MELTS; STEAM EXPLOSIONS;

CORE MELTDOWN;

EID: 0032637179     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(98)00269-6     Document Type: Article

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