Comparison of a HCDA numerical simulation with the results of the MARA 8 test

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 899-911

  Robbe, M F ^a   Cariou, Y ^a   Lepareux, M ^a   Treille, E ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHETICAL CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENT; MOLTEN FUEL; REACTOR VESSEL;

BUBBLE FORMATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR CORES;

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0036390974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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