Balancing material selection and inspection requirements in structural design of fast breeder reactors based on "System Based Code" concept

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-422

  Asayama, Tai ^a   Kawasaki, Nobuchika ^a   Morishita, Masaki ^a   Shibamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Inoue, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Japan Atomic Energy Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CREEP; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FAST BREEDER REACTORS; INSERVICE INSPECTION (ISI); INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; MATERIAL SELECTION;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 38649137673     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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