Choice of buffer material for the containment trap for VVÉR-1000 core melt

Atomic Energy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-14

  Asmolov, V G ^a   Zagryazkin, V N ^a   Isaev, I F ^a   Semenov, I M ^a   Vishnevskii, V Yu ^b   D'yakov, E K ^b   Khabenskii, V B ^c   Beshta, S V ^c   Granovskii, V S ^c   Gusarov, V V ^d   Udalov, Yu P ^e  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Research Institute and Scientific Industrial Association Luch   (Russian Federation)

^c Sci Res Technological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER MATERIALS; CORE MELT; MELT DENSITY; OPTIMAL COMPOSITIONS;

ALUMINA; COMPOSITION; COOLANTS; COOLING; OXIDATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0037738798     PISSN: 10634258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015094327731     Document Type: Article

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