Analysis of a convection loop for GFR post-loca decay heat removal

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE12)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 753-762

  Williams, Wesley C ^a   Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Saha, Pradip ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay Heat Removal; Gas Cooled Fast Reactors; Mixed Convection; Natural Circulation; Passive Safety Systems

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BINARY CODES; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAMINAR FLOW; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SECURITY SYSTEMS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DECAY HEAT REMOVAL; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NATURAL CIRCULATION; PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 10644296912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icone12-49360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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