Liquid-metal-bonded gap for light water reactor fuel rods

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-312

  Kim, Yeon Soo ^a,c   Olander, D R ^a   Yagnik, S K ^b  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH ALLOYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; LIQUID METALS; QUENCHING; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

COMPATIBILITY TESTS; NUCLEAR FUEL RODS;

NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING;

EID: 0033276746     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A3033     Document Type: Article

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