Three mile island unit 1 main steam line break three-dimensional neutronics/thermal-hydraulics analysis: Application of different coupled codes

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-204

  D'Auria, Francesco ^a   Moreno, José Luis Gago ^a,b   Galassi, Giorgio Maria ^a   Grgic, Davor ^c   Spadoni, Antonino ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Main steam line break; Neutronics thermal hydraulics; Return to power

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CODES (STANDARDS); KINETIC THEORY; NEUTRONS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK; THERMAL HYDRAULICS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL NEUTRONICS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 0038754024     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3383     Document Type: Article

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