ARIES-AT safety design and analysis

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 111-137

  Petti, D A ^a   Merrill, B J ^a   Moore, R L ^a   Longhurst, G R ^a   El Guebaly, L ^b   Mogahed, E ^b   Henderson, D ^b   Wilson, P ^b   Abdou, A ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIES AT; Environment studies; Inventories; Loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and loss of flow accident (LOFA); Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; HEAT TRANSFER; SAFETY FACTOR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ARIES-AT; ENVIRONMENT STUDIES; INVENTORIES; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT (LOCA) AND LOSS OF FLOW ACCIDENT (LOFA);

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 30544438090     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.351     Document Type: Article

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