Development of a simulation model and safety evaluation for a depressurization accident without reactor scram in an advanced HTGR

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-151

  Nakagawa, Shigeaki ^a   Saikusa, Akio ^a   Kunitomi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; REACTOR CORES;

DEPRESSURIZATION ACCIDENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS COOLED REACTORS (HTGR);

HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS;

EID: 0035251490     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt01-a3165     Document Type: Article

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