Analytical tool development for coarse break-up of a molten jet in a deep water pool

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 19-21, 2006, Pages 2010-2025

  Moriyama, Kiyofumi ^a   Nakamura, Hideo ^a   Maruyama, Yu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; QUENCHING;

MELT JET; MELT POOL MODELS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS; WATER POOLS;

JETS;

EID: 33746590636     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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