Reactor experiments on type-I and type-II BWR stability

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 177-185

  Van Der Hagen, T H J J ^a   Stekelenburg, A J C ^a   Van Bragt, D D B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MODELS;

DENSITY WAVES; FLASHING PHENOMENON; HYDROSTATIC HEADS; NATURAL CIRCULATION; STABILITY BOUNDARY;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0034247326     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00337-4     Document Type: Article

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