Experimental investigation of coolant mixing in the RPV of a PWR during natural circulation conditions

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE12)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 711-720

  Kliem, S ^a   Hoehne, T ^a   Prasser, H M ^a   Rohde, U ^a   Weiss, F P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MICROELECTRODES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; STEAM GENERATORS;

EMERGENCY CORE COOLING (ECC); LOW PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION (LPSI); REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL (RPV); THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

COOLANTS;

EID: 10644267667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icone12-49424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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