Leak-before-break assessment of CANDU pressure tube considering leak detection capability

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-216

  Park, Youn Won ^a   Chung, Yeon Ki ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEUTERIUM; LEAK DETECTION; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; URANIUM;

ANNULUS GAS SYSTEMS (AGS); CANADA DEUTERIUM URANIUM (CANDU) REACTORS; LEAK-BEFORE-BREAK (LBB) ASSESSMENT;

PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS;

EID: 0033155578     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00142-9     Document Type: Article

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