Progress on ruthenium release and transport under air ingress conditions

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3418-3428

  Auvinen, A ^h   Brillant, G ^f   Davidovich, N ^d   Dickson, R ^a   Ducros, G ^b   Dutheillet, Y ^c   Giordano, P ^f   Kunstar, M ^g   Karkela T ^h   Mladin, M ^e   Pontillon, Y ^b   Seropian C ^f   Ver N ^g  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b CEA DEN   (France)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e INR   (Romania)

^f INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^g WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^h VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FISSION PRODUCTS; ISOTOPES;

ESSENTIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; FUEL OXIDATION; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; SCENARIO STUDIES; SEVERE ACCIDENT; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; WORK PACKAGES;

RUTHENIUM;

EID: 55049137623     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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