Temperature transients of a fusion-fission ITER pebble bed reactor in loss of coolant accident

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-26

  Tang, Vincent ^a,c   Parker, Ron R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PSFC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Fusion fission; Hybrid; ITER; LOCA; Pebble bed; Safety; Temperature transients

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FISSION REACTIONS; FUSION REACTIONS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; TRANSIENTS;

PEBBLE BED REACTORS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0037267795     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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