Low-pressure corium dispersion experiments with simulant fluids in a scaled annular cavity

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-274

  Meyer, Leonhard ^a   Gargallo, Mireia G ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct containment heating; Severe accident; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH ALLOYS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HELIUM; LIQUID METALS; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

SCALED ANNULAR CAVITY;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0037338460     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3366     Document Type: Article

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