Safety design maps: An early evaluation of safety to support reactor design

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 225, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 271-283

  Zanocco, P ^a   Gimenez M ^a   Delmastro, D ^a  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINKS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE VESSELS;

REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV);

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0141951954     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(03)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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