The MEDICIS code, a versatile tool for MCCI modelling

Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2005, ICAPP'05

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2167-2176

  Cranga, M ^a   Fabianelli, R ^a   Jacq, F ^a   Barrachin, M ^a   Duval, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; PHASE COMPOSITION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURES; MOLTEN FRACTION; REACTOR ACCIDENT CODE SYSTEM;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 34249058459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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