FAST: An advanced code system for fast reactor transient analysis

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1613-1631

  Mikityuk, Konstantin ^a   Pelloni, Sandro ^a   Coddington, Paul ^a   Bubelis, Evaldas ^a   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COOLANTS; DATA TRANSFER; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); POWER PLANTS;

COMPLETE CODE SYSTEMS; DATA EXCHANGE; FAST-SPECTRUM SYSTEMS SYSTEMS; SAFETY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 28844495965     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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