Numerical prediction of cooling capability in hemispherical gap flow passage for in-vessel core retention

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 525-532

  Uchibori, Akihiro ^a   Fukuda, Kenji ^a   Morita, Koji ^a   Matsumoto, Tatsuya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; IN-VESSEL CORE RETENTION; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL;

COOLING; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0036388072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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