Design and evaluation of an enhanced in-vessel core catcher

Proceedings of the 2004 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP'04

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 939-949

  Condie, Keith G ^a   Rempe, Joy L ^a   Knudson, Darrell ^a   Suh, Kune Y ^b   Cheung, Fan Bill ^c   Kim, Sang Baik ^d  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHER DESIGN; FLOW ANALYSIS; IN-VESSEL RETENTION (IVR); MATERIALS INTERACTION;

COATINGS; COOLANTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OXIDATION; PRESSURE VESSELS;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 14844318628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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