Transient thermal response of the PB-AHTR to loss of forced cooling

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 872-884

  Griveau, A ^a   Fardin, F ^a   Zhao, H ^b   Peterson, P F ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SIMULATIONS; DECAY HEAT REMOVAL (DHR); FORCED COOLING; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); MODULAR HELIUM REACTORS (MHR); NATURAL CIRCULATION; NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES; PEBBLE BEDS; POWER DENSITY (PD); TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE;

COOLING; DECAY (ORGANIC); FLUIDS; FUELS; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; INERT GASES; LEAD; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTION KINETICS; SALT REMOVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRANSIENTS;

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EID: 45149121746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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