Limiting factors for external reactor vessel cooling

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-161

  Cheung, F B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

External reactor vessel cooling; In vessel retention; Severe accident management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BOILING LIQUIDS; CHANNEL FLOW; COATINGS; CONTAINMENT VESSELS; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CHOKING LIMIT FOR STEAM VENTING (CLSV); CRITICAL HEAT FLUX (CHF); EXTERNAL REACTOR VESSEL COOLING (ERVC); IN-VESSEL RETENTION (IVR); LIMITING FACTORS; POROUS COATING; SEVERE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 27144521998     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT05-A3666     Document Type: Article

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