Neutronic study of nanofluids application to VVER-1000

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1447-1455

  Hadad, K ^a,b   Hajizadeh, A ^a   Jafarpour, K ^a   Ganapol, B D ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

LPPF; MCNP4C; Nanofluid; Nanoparticle; Nuclear Reactor Coolant; VVER 1000

Indexed keywords

LPPF; MCNP4C; NANO-FLUID; NUCLEAR REACTOR COOLANT; VVER-1000;

COOLANTS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION; ZIRCONIA;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78049415413     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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