Advanced treatment of zircaloy cladding high-temperature oxidation in severe accident code calculations Part III. Verification against representative transient tests

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-109

  Fichot, F ^a   Adroguer, B ^a   Volchek, A ^b   Zvonarev, Yu ^b  

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

^b NUCLEAR SAFETY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DEGENERATION CODES; OXIDE LAYERS; SEVERE ACCIDENT (SA) CODES; TEMPERATURE LEVELS;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 3242687062     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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