New experimental results on the interaction of molten corium with reactor vessel steel

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1072-1081

  Bechta, S V ^a   Khabensky, V B ^a   Granovsky, V S ^a   Krushinov, E V ^a   Vitol, S A ^a   Gusarov, V V ^b   Almiashev, V I ^b   Lopukh, D B ^c   Tromm, W ^d   Bottomley, D ^e   Fischer, M ^a,f   Cognet, G ^g   Kymalainen O ^h  

^a Sci Res Technological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b GREBENSHCHIKOV INSTITUTE OF SILICATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c SAINT PETERSBURG ELECTROTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY LETI   (Russian Federation)

^d Nuclear Safety Research Program   (Germany)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f FRAMATOME ANP GMBH   (Germany)

^g CEA/DEN/DSNI   (France)

^h Fortum Oil and Gas Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PYROMETRY; STEEL; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

MOLTEN CORIUM; MOLTEN STEEL; OXYGEN POTENTIAL; REACTOR VESSEL STEEL;

LIQUID METALS;

EID: 20044377200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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