Fuel assembly design study for a reactor with supercritical water

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1513-1521

  Hofmeister, J ^a   Waata, C ^b   Starflinger, J ^c   Schulenberg, T ^c   Laurien, E ^d  

^a RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COOLANTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER PLANTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIGHT WATER REACTOR (HPLWR); SYSTEM PRESSURE; WATER REACTORS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 34447106036     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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