Assessment of the insulation degradation of cables used in nuclear power plants

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 423-426

  Bartonicek B ^a   Hnat V ^a   Placek, V ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CABLES; INSULATING MATERIALS; RADIATION; SERVICE LIFE; TEMPERATURE;

CABLE INSULATION; HERMETIC ZONE;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0033515919     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00149-4     Document Type: Article

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