Modeling of debris cooling with annular gap in the lower RPV and verification based on ALPHA experiments

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-158

  Okano, Yukimitsu ^a   Kohriyama, Tamio ^a   Yoshida, Yoshitaka ^a   Murase, Michio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DEBRIS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE VESSELS;

ANNULAR GAP;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0038043198     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(03)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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