Boiling water reactor with innovative safety concept: The Generation III+ SWR-1000

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1863-1901

  Stosic, Zoran V ^a   Brettschuh, Werner ^a   Stoll, Uwe ^a  

^a AREVA NP GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BOILING WATER REACTORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COAL GAS; CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLING WATER; CORE MELTDOWN; DEBRIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; TEST FACILITIES; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

ACTIVE CORE; ACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS; AIRPLANE CRASH; ANALYTICAL CODES; ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; BOILING WATER; BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR); COAL-FIRED STATIONS; COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENTS; COMPETITIVE POWER; CONSTRUCTION PERIODS; DESIGN TOOLS; DISCHARGE BURN-UP; EMERGENCY CONTROLS; EUROPEAN; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINLAND; FUEL CYCLES; FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES; GERMANY; HEAT UP; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LARGE POWER; LARGE-SCALE TEST FACILITIES; MOLTEN CORE; NET ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; NUCLEAR UTILITIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPERATING EXPERIENCES; PASSIVE SAFETY; PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; PLANT DESIGNS; PLANT LIFE TIME; PLANT OPERATIONS; POWER NETWORKS; REACTOR DESIGNS; REACTOR VESSELS; SAFETY CONCEPTS; SAFETY STANDARDS; SEVERE ACCIDENT (SA); SWITZERLAND; WATER COOLING;

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EID: 48349135236     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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