Advanced treatment of zircaloy cladding high-temperature oxidation in severe accident code calculations Part I. Experimental database and basic modeling

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Schanz, G ^a   Adroguer, B ^b   Volchek, A ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c NUCLEAR SAFETY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL RODS; DUCTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FUEL RODS; OXIDATION RANGE; SEVERE ACCIDENTS (SA) CODES;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 3242677986     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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