Recent data on M5™ alloy under RIA and LOCA conditions

Proceedings of the 2004 International Meeting on LWR Fuel Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 507-515

  Mardon, J P ^a   Lesbros, A ^b   Bernaudat, C ^b   Waeckel, N ^b  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); HYDROGEN; IRRADIATION; REACTION KINETICS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY OPTIMIZATION; FUEL MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 32044453331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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