Transient analyses for accelerator driven system PDS-XADS using the extended SIMMER-III code

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2594-2611

  Suzuki, Tohru ^a   Chen, Xue Nong ^a   Rineiski, Andrei ^a   Maschek, Werner ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; EUTECTICS; FUEL SYSTEMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

BLOCKAGE CONDITIONS; FUEL ASSEMBLY; SAFETY ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 27844451917     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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