BWR stability issues in Japan

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ikeda, Hideaki ^a   Fukahori, Takanori ^b   Kubo, Yuichiro ^c   Soneda, Hideo ^d   Mizokami, Shinya ^e  

^a TEPCO SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Method Group   (Japan)

^c Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^d HITACHI GE NUCLEAR ENERGY LTD   (Japan)

^e TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR); BWR STABILITIES; CODE DEVELOPMENT; NEUTRONICS; SOLUTION METHODOLOGY; THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 68749121485     PISSN: 16876075     EISSN: 16876083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/358616     Document Type: Article

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