Study on the passive safe technology for the prevention of air ingress during the primary-pipe rupture accident of HTGR

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 251-259

  Takeda, Tetsuaki ^a   Hishida, Makoto ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COOLING; CORROSION; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OXIDATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; REACTOR CORES;

AIR INGRESS PHENOMENA; NATURAL CIRCULATION; PASSIVE SAFE TECHNOLOGY; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV);

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 0034251610     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00338-6     Document Type: Article

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