Analysis of corium recovery concepts by the EUROCORE group

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3 SPEC., 2003, Pages 119-136

  Seiler, J M ^a   Latrobe, A ^a   Sehgal, B R ^b   Alsmeyer, H ^c   Kymalainen O ^d   Turland, B ^e   Grange, J L ^f   Fischer, M ^g   Azarian, G ^h   Burger M ⁱ   Cirauqui, C J ^j   Zurita, A ^k  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Fortum Oil and Gas Oy   (Finland)

^e SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

^f EDF R AND D   (France)

^g FRAMATOME ANP GMBH   (Germany)

^h AREVA NP   (France)

ⁱ IKE   (Germany)

^j AST ^*  (Spain)

^k EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; PRESSURE VESSELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; WATER INJECTION;

ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0037375391     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00347-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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