LWR severe accident simulation fission product behavior in FPT2 experiment

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-238

  Girault, N ^a   Bosland, L ^a   Dienstbier, J ^b   Dubourg, R ^a   Fiche, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b Department of Risk and Reliability Analysis   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ASTEC calculations; Fission product behavior; Phebus FPT2

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ALKALINITY; BORIC ACID; CESIUM; CESIUM IODIDE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTAINMENT VESSELS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELS; GASES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MICROANALYSIS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHASE INTERFACES; PILES; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; STEAM GENERATORS; TEMPERATURE; TESTING; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; EQUILIBRIUM CHEMISTRY; FUEL ROD DEGRADATION; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; PHEBUS FPT2; RADIOLYSIS PRODUCTS; STAND-ALONE VERSION;

IODINE;

EID: 77950435784     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT10-A9375     Document Type: Article

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