Improving the safety of future nuclear fission power plants

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 56-57, Issue , 2001, Pages 83-93

  Frisch, W ^a   Gros, G ^b  

^a Gesellschaft fuer Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

French German; Nuclear fission reactors; Safety improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FISSION REACTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

NUCLEAR FISSION POWER PLANTS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0035483937     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00238-1     Document Type: Article

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