Ex-vessel corium spreading: Results from the VULCANO spreading tests

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-102

  Journeau, Christophe ^a   Boccaccio, Eric ^a   Brayer, Claude ^a   Cognet, Gérard ^a,b   Haquet, Jean François ^a   Jégou, Claude ^a   Piluso, Pascal ^a   Monerris, José ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OXYGEN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOLIDIFICATION; STEEL; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; VISCOSITY; ZIRCONIA;

SPREADING TESTS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038176558     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00397-7     Document Type: Article

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