Analytical study on detailed void distributions inside BWR fuel bundle under turbine trip event considering time-dependent pin power distributions

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1152-1161

  Shirai, Hiroshi ^a   Ninokata, Hisashi ^b   Hotta, Akitoshi ^a   Hara, Takashi ^c  

^a TEPCO SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BWR type reactors; Cross flow; ENTR E; Fuel element clusters; NASCA; Peach Bottom Unit 2; Pin power reconstruction; Subchannel analysis; TRAC BF1; Turbine trip; Void distribution; Void drift

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); TRANSIENTS; TURBINES;

TURBINE TRIP TESTS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0036872829     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2002.9715306     Document Type: Article

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