Analysis of the Peach Bottom flow stability test number 3 using the coupled RELAP5/PARCS code

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 646-652

  Bousbia Salah, Anis ^a   D'Auria, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; CODES (STANDARDS); FEEDBACK; HYDRAULICS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; STABILITY;

LIQUID-STEAM MIXTURE; NEUTRON KINETICS; NEUTRON MODELING; THERMAL-HYDRAULICS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 33646366909     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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