Mitigation of a core meltdown scenario by means of a core catcher located inside the reactor pressure vessel

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE12)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 191-199

  Aquaro, D ^a   Zaccari, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CORE MELTDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

CORE CATCHER; CORIUM; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 10644232858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icone12-49392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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