Analytical study of nuclear-coupled density-wave instability in a natural circulation pressure tube type boiling water reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-44

  Nayak, A K ^a   Vijayan, P K ^a   Saha, D ^a   Venkat Raj, V ^a   Aritomi, Masanori ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

NATURAL CIRCULATION PRESSURE TUBE BOILING WATER REACTORS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033887997     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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