Bellows-type accumulators for liquid metal loops of space reactor power systems

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 730-742

  Tournier, Jean Michel ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulator; Bellows; Liquid metal expansion; Space reactor power system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749585853     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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