Core and sub-channel evaluation of a thermal SCWR

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-690

  Xiao Jing, Liu ^a   Xu, Cheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core design; Coupling analysis; Sub channel analysis; Supercritical water cooled reactor (scwr)

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149181757     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/net.2009.41.5.677     Document Type: Article

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