An overview of westinghouse realistic large break Loca evaluation model

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Frepoli, Cesare ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODE SCALING; EVALUATION MODELING; INPUT UNCERTAINTY; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC CODES; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; WESTINGHOUSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349870406     PISSN: 16876075     EISSN: 16876083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/498737     Document Type: Review

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