An alternative SCWR design based on vertical power channels and hexagonal fuel assemblies

Global 2003: Atoms for Prosperity: Updating Eisenhowers Global Vision for Nuclear Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1155-1162

  Buongiorno, Jacopo ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL ASSEMBLY; FUEL RODS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER COOLED REACTORS (SCWR); THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

COOLANTS; HEAVY WATER; HYDRAULICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MODERATORS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 2642535289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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