Assessment of the load-carrying capacities of a spherical pressurized water reactor steel containment under a postulated hydrogen detonation

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-121

  Krieg, R ^a   Dolensky, B ^a   Goller B ^a   Breitung, W ^a   Redlinger, R ^a   Royl, P ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogen explosion detonation; Severe pressurized water reactor accident; Spherical pressurized water reactor steel containment

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETONATION; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZATION; STEEL CONTAINERS;

HYDROGEN DETONATION;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0037300561     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-3     Document Type: Article

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