Analytical evaluation on dynamical response characteristics of reduced-moderation water reactor with tight-lattice core under natural circulation core cooling

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-658

  Ishikawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Okubo, Tsutomu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ANALYTICAL EVALUATIONS; CORE CONFIGURATIONS; CORE COOLING; DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; FLOW RESPONSE; NATURAL CIRCULATIONS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PHASE PRESSURE DROPS; PRESSURE LOSS; REACTIVITY FEEDBACKS; REACTOR POWER; REDUCED-MODERATION WATER REACTORS; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPONSE STABILITIES; SINGLE FUEL ASSEMBLIES; SYSTEM EVALUATIONS; TRANSIT TIME; VAPOR-PHASE; VOID REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTROL THEORY; COOLING WATER; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VIBRATION CONTROL; WALL FLOW;

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EID: 64249093817     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2008.12.028     Document Type: Article

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