Experimental validation of pin power distributions for a BWR assembly with hafnium control blades

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2004: The Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems - Global Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1745-1751

  Jatuff, F ^a   Grimm, P ^a   Murphy, M ^a   Seiler, R ^a   Jacot Guillarmod, R ^b   Krouthen J ^b   Williams, T ^b   Helmersson, S ^c   Chawla, R ^a,d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG   (Switzerland)

^c WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BOXER; BWR fuel; CASMO 4; Code validation; Hafnium control blade; HELIOS; LWR PROTEUS; Pin power distribution

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); HAFNIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

BOXER; BWR FUEL; CASMO-4; CODE VALIDATION; HAFNIUM CONTROL BLADES; HELIOS; LWR-PROTEUS; PIN POWER DISTRIBUTION;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 22344457731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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