Modeling and simulation of corrosion product activity in pressurized water reactors under power perturbations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 561-578

  Deeba, Farah ^a   Mirza, Anwar M ^b   Mirza, Nasir M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Computer modeling and simulation; Corrosion products; Power transients in pressurized water reactors (PWRs)

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING WATER; CORROSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IRON; MANGANESE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLYBDENUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM; TRANSIENTS;

CORROSION PRODUCTS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033133806     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(98)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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