An approach to numerical simulation and analysis of molten corium coolability in a boiling water reactor lower head

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2148-2159

  Tran, C T ^a   Kudinov, P ^a   Dinh, T N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; CONTROL ROD GUIDE TUBES; COOLABILITY; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS; MOLTEN CORIUM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHASE CHANGE; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SIMULATION RESULT; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION;

ACCIDENTS; BOILING WATER REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT CONVECTION; MODELS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77955427390     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.11.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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