Materials interaction tests to identify base and coating materials for an enhanced in-vessel core catcher design

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE12)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 859-869

  Rempe, J L ^a   Knudson, D L ^a   Condie, K G ^a   Swank, W D ^a   Cheung, F B ^b   Suh, K Y ^c   Kim, S B ^d  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

In vessel retention; Severe accidents

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OXIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPRAYED COATINGS;

CORE CATCHER DESIGN; CORE MATERIALS; IN-VESSEL RETENTION (IVR); THERMAL SPRAYED COATINGS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 10644275224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icone12-49579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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