Fission product release in the first two PHEBUS tests FPT0 and FPT1

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2183-2208

  Dubourg, R ^a   Faure Geors, H ^a   Nicaise, G ^a   Barrachin, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ANNEALING; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IRRADIATION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; VAPORIZATION;

FISSION GASES; FOAMING; FUEL DISSOLUTION; FUEL GEOMETRY;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

EID: 23644461767     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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