Static and dynamic sensitivity analysis of corrosion product activity in primary coolant circuits of pressurized water reactors

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-654

  Mirza, Sikander M ^a   Rafique, M ^b   Ahmad, Farooq ^a   Mirza, Nasir M ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Corrosion product; Pressurized water reactor; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

COOLANT CIRCUITS; CORROSION PRODUCT; CORROSION PRODUCT ACTIVITIES; CORROSION PRODUCTS; DEPOSITION RATE COEFFICIENTS; IN-CORE; MATLAB PROGRAM; NORMALIZED SENSITIVITY; PRIMARY CIRCUITS; REMOVAL RATE; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT; SOLUTION RATES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC VALUES; STEADY STATE;

COOLANTS; CORROSION RATE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953136385     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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