Analyzing the possibility of retaining the corium in the vessel of a VVER-640 reactor in a severe accident with a damaged core

Thermal Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 888-892

  Rogov, M F ^a   Logvinov, S A ^a   Granovskii, V S ^a   Kovtunova, S V ^a   Khabenskii, V B ^a   Bezlepkin, V V ^a   Kukhtevich, I V ^a  

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EID: 0346193921     PISSN: 00406015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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