The low-power low-pressure flow resonance in a natural circulation cooled boiling water reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 229-238

  Van Der Hagen, T H J J ^a   Stekelenburg, A J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0037642060     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00196-9     Document Type: Article

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