Ballooning experiments with VVER cladding

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-285

  Hózer, Zoltán ^a   Györi, Csaba ^a   Horváth, Márta ^a   Nagy, Imre ^a   Maróti, László ^a   Matus, Lajos ^a   Windberg, Péter ^a   Frecska, József ^b  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ballooning; Loss of coolant accident; VVER cladding

Indexed keywords

CONTROL RODS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OXIDATION; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; PRESSURIZATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

BALLOONING; BURST CONDITIONS; CLADDING MATERIALS; CODE VALIDATION; IODINE PRETREATMENT; OXIDATION RATE;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 28044455653     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT05-A3676     Document Type: Article

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