Severe fuel damage experiments performed in the QUENCH facility with 21-rod bundles of LWR-type

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2157-2164

  Sepold, L ^a   Hering, W ^a   Schanz, G ^a   Scholtyssek, W ^a   Steinbruck M ^a   Stuckert, J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; OXIDATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUENCHING;

AIR OXIDATION; FLOODING CONDITIONS; STEAM STARVED CONDITIONS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 35348895611     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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