Study on thermal-hydraulic behavior during molten material and coolant interaction

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 277-291

  Abe, Yutaka ^a   Kizu, Tetsuya ^a   Arai, Takahiro ^a   Nariai, Hideki ^a   Chitose, Keiko ^b   Koyama, Kazuya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c Advanced Reactor Technology Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COOLANTS; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; DEBRIS; HYDRAULICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; JETS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; QUENCHING; SODIUM; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS (CDA); FAST BREEDER REACTORS (FBR); PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETERY (PIV); POST ACCIDENT HEAT REMOVAL (PAHR);

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 2342475175     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2003.11.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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