Three pass core design proposal for a high performance light water reactor

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 526-531

  Schulenberg, T ^a   Starflinger, J ^a   Heinecke, J ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AREVA NP GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core design; Supercritical water cooled reactor

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COOLANTS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REACTOR CORES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

CLADDING MATERIALS; CORE DESIGN; SUPERCRITICAL WATER COOLED REACTORS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 39549106245     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.11.038     Document Type: Article

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