Large scale verification of external RPV cooling in case of severe accident

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1618-1626

  Schmidt, H ^a  

^a FRAMATOME ANP GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; STEAM; THERMOCOUPLES; WETTING;

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX (CHF); DECAY HEAT; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV); SPRAY CONDENSERS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 14844331100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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