Quantitative assessment of MCP trip transient in a VVER

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-96

  Prošek, Andrej ^a   Kvizda, Boris ^b   Mavko, Borut ^a   Kliment, Tomáš ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b V JE TRNAVA Inc   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDRAULICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PUMPS; SAFETY FACTOR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAIN CIRCULATION PUMPS (MCP);

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0242692565     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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