A tight lattice, epithermal core design for the integral PWR

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 46-67

  Saccheri, Jacopo G B ^a   Todreas, N B ^b   Driscoll, M J ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; COSTS; HEAT FLUX; LIFE CYCLE; NEUTRON ABSORPTION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EPITHERMAL CORE; INTEGRAL VESSELS; LATTICE THERMAL SPECTRUM; NEGATIVE VOID COEFFICIENT; THERMAL-HYDRAULICS;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 14844351951     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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