Development of a steady state analysis code for a molten salt reactor

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-603

  Zhang, D L ^a   Qiu, S Z ^a   Su, G H ^a   Liu, C L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE EQUATIONS; CONCEPTUAL RESEARCHES; CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; DELAYED NEUTRON PRECURSORS; DIFFUSION THEORIES; EXTERNAL REFLECTORS; FISSILE FUELS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FUEL SALT FLOWS; GENERATION IV; HEAT SOURCES; INFLOW VELOCITIES; MOLTEN SALT REACTORS; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; NEUTRONICS; RATED CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLID FUELS; SOLID MATERIALS; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; THERMAL-NEUTRON FLUXES; TURBULENT MODELS;

FUELS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON FLUX; TURBULENCE MODELS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 64249131525     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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