Modelling the CABRI high-burnup RIA test CIP0-1 using an extended version of the FALCON code

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-294

  Romano, Antonino ^a   Wallin, Hannu ^a   Zimmermann, Martin A ^a   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDATION; OXIDES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES;

CABRI HIGH-BURNUP RIA TEST CIP0-1; CLAD GEOMETRY; FALCON CODE; HOOP STRAIN;

CODES (STANDARDS);

EID: 31144466466     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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