Leak before Break application for Primary Coolant Loop and Surge Line of VVER-1000/320 Plant: TACIS Project R2.09/96

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 17-19, 2005, Pages 1919-1937

  Zanaboni, Piero ^a   Sokov, Leonid ^b   Garate, Narciso ^c  

^a ANSALDO ENERGIA   (Italy)

^b Federal State Unitary Enterprise   (Russian Federation)

^c Empresarios Agrupados   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COOLANTS; FRACTURE; PIPING SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAINLESS STEEL; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE PROPERTIES; IN-SERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAMS; LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS; SURGE LINE PIPES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 23744434647     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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