A lithium-air reaction model for the MELCOR code for analyzing lithium fires in fusion reactors

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 485-493

  Merrill, Brad J ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion safety; Lithium pool fire modeling; MELCOR

Indexed keywords

AIR; FIRES; LITHIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

LITHIUM FIRES;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0035312057     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00577-9     Document Type: Article

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