Assessment of burnup-dependent fuel rod failure threshold under reactivity-initiated accidents in light water reactors

Proceedings of the 2004 International Meeting on LWR Fuel Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 516-525

  De In Betou, J ^a   Jernkvist, L O ^b   Massih, A R ^b,c   Rudling, P ^d   Ronnberg G ^e   Stepniewski, M ^f   Wiksell, G ^e  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^b Quantum Technologies   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ANT International   (Sweden)

^e OKG AB   (Sweden)

^f RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

BURNUP-DEPENDENT FUEL ROD FAILURES; FUEL FAILURES; NEUTRONICS; ROD EJECTION;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 31144433169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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