Transient hydride fuel behavior in LWRs

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Terrani, Kurt A ^a   Seifried, Jeffrey E ^a   Olander, Donald R ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED EQUATION; CRANK-NICOLSON; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; EULER SCHEME; FUEL ELEMENTS; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; HYDRIDE FUEL; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN DIFFUSION; LIGHT WATER; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TIME-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT CONDUCTION; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; ZIRCONIUM HYDRIDE;

EULER EQUATIONS; HYDROGEN; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 67349199578     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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