Behaviour of fission products under severe PWR accident conditions. The VERCORS experimental programme - Part 3: Release of low-volatile fission products and actinides

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1867-1881

  Pontillon, Yves ^a   Ducros, Gérard ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELS; GASES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCIDENT CONDITIONS; ACTIVE MATERIAL; GENERAL OUTLINES; MAIN PARAMETERS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SAMPLE GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; VOLATILE FISSION PRODUCTS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 77955308224     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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