Different variations of a passive safety containment for a BWR with active and passive safety systems

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2125-2139

  Sato, Takashi ^a   Oikawa, Hirohide ^a   Akinaga, Makoto ^a   Murakami, Tsunekazu ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; AIR CONDITIONING; BOILER CIRCULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; COSTS; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUNCTIONS; HEATING; MACHINE DESIGN; VENTILATION;

GRAVITY-DRIVEN COOLING SYSTEMS (GDCS); PASSIVE CONTAINMENT; PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS; SAFETY CONTAINMENT;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 23744490050     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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