Steady state thermal-hydraulic analysis of hydride-fueled grid-supported BWRs

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1544-1559

  Ferroni, P ^a   Handwerk, C S ^a   Todreas, N E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTERLINE; CORE BEHAVIORS; CORE VALUES; FLOW INDUCED VIBRATIONS; FUEL RODS; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; HYDRIDE FUEL; HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS; MINIMUM CRITICAL POWER RATIO; NEUTRONIC; NEUTRONIC STUDIES; NEUTRONICS; OUTER TEMPERATURE; OXIDE FUEL CORES; OXIDE FUELS; P-VALUE; PIN POWER DISTRIBUTION; POWER DENSITIES; POWER GAINS; POWER LIMITING; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; STEADY STATE; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; WATER GAPS; WATER RODS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BOILING WATER REACTORS; CORE ANALYSIS; DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; PRESSURE DROP;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349169534     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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