Experimental and numerical investigation of boron dilution transients in pressurized water reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Hertlein, Roland J ^a   Umminger, Klaus ^a   Kliem, Sören ^b   Prasser, Horst Michael ^b   Höhne, Thomas ^b   Weiss, Frank Peter ^b  

^a FRAMATOME ANP GMBH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boron dilution; Coolant mixing; PKL ; ROCOM test facilities; UPTF

Indexed keywords

BORON; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLANTS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; TRANSIENTS;

BORON DILUTION; COOLANT MIXING;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0037251354     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt03-a3353     Document Type: Article

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