ECOKATS-2: A large scale experiment on melt spreading and subsequent cooling by top flooding

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1183-1192

  Alsmeyer, H ^a   Cron, T ^a   Messemer, G ^a   Hafner W ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Becker Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; COOLANTS; COOLING; CRACKS; DECOMPOSITION; HEAT LOSSES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRON OXIDES; POROSITY; STEEL;

CONCRETE CAVITY; COOLANT WATER; MELT SPREADING; TOP FLOODING;

CORE MELTDOWN;

EID: 14844335022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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