Thermal hydraulic analysis of the thorium-based advanced CANDU Reactor fuel channel

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-568

  Yu, Jiyang ^a   Mao, Wenlong ^a   Jia, Baoshan ^a   Rao, Yanfei ^b   Ruan, Yangqiang ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Onset of dry out power; Subchannel; Thermal hydraulic; Thorium based

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

FUEL CHANNEL; ONSET OF DRY-OUT POWER; SUBCHANNEL; THERMAL HYDRAULIC; THORIUM-BASED;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33746918366     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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