Review of debris bed cooling in the TMI-2 accident

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 19-21, 2006, Pages 1965-1975

  Christoph Muller W ^a  

^a GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTAINMENT VESSELS; DEBRIS; FLUIDIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

DEBRIS BED COOLABILITY; DEBRIS COOLING; FLUID COOLING; VAPOR MIXTURE;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 33746616813     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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