AgInCd control rod failure in the QUENCH-13 bundle test

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1349-1359

  Sepold, L ^a   Lind, T ^b   Csordás, A Pintér ^c   Stegmaier, U ^a   Steinbruck M ^a   Stuckert, J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL MONITORING; BUNDLE STRUCTURES; COLD WATERS; COOLANT CHANNEL; CORE MATERIAL; EUTECTIC INTERACTIONS; EUTECTIC REACTIONS; FUEL RODS; GRID SPACER; GUIDE TUBES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUNGARY; HYDROGEN SOURCES; INPUT DATAS; MELT FORMATION; PRE-OXIDATION; RESEARCH CENTER; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SPACER GRID; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TEST SECTIONS; TOTAL LENGTH; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; ZIRCALOY-4;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONTROL RODS; COREMAKING; DEGRADATION; EUTECTICS; FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; PELLETIZING; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; QUENCHING; SIMULATORS; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; TESTING; WATER INJECTION; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 69749091227     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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