Using the OECD/NRC pressurized water reactor main steam line break benchmark to study current numerical and computational issues of coupled calculations

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-115

  Ivanov, Kostadin N ^a   Todorova, Nadejda K ^a   Sartori, Enrico ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Coupled 3 D neutronics thermal hydraulics; Coupled codes; MSLB benchmark

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HYDRAULICS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTION KINETICS; REACTOR CORES; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COUPLED CORE PLANT INTERACTIONS; COUPLED THREE DIMENSIONAL NEUTRONICS; MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK BENCHMARK; THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0038754027     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3376     Document Type: Article

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