Percolation cooling of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 lower head by way of thermal cracking and gap formation

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-46

  Thomsen, K L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cooling model; Lower head; TMI 2 accident

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CRACK INITIATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); QUENCHING;

PERCOLATION COOLING; THERMAL CRACKING;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0036137308     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT02-A3255     Document Type: Article

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