The result of a wall failure in-pile experiment under the EAGLE project

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2165-2174

  Konishi, Kensuke ^a   Toyooka, Jun Ichi ^a   Kamiyama, Kenji ^a   Sato, Ikken ^a   Kubo, Shigenobu ^b   Kotake, Shoji ^b   Koyama, Kazuya ^c   Vurim, Alexander D ^d   Gaidaichuk, Valery A ^d   Pakhnits, Alexander V ^d   Vassiliev, Yuri S ^d  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Mitoshiro Bldg   (Japan)

^c Advanced Reactor Technology Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL NUCLEAR CENTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SODIUM; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

FUEL PINS; IMPULSE GRAPHITE REACTOR; MOLTEN CORE; NUCLEAR HEATING;

PILES;

EID: 35348926277     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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