A fuel channel design for CANDU-SCWR

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chow, C K ^a   Bushby, S J ^b   Khartabil, H F ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CANDU; Fuel channel; Generation IV; SCWR

Indexed keywords

FUEL BUNDLES; FUEL CHANNELS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER REACTORS (SCWR); THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

COOLANTS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

WATER COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 33845795567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE14-89679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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