Behavior of coated fuel particle of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor under reactivity-initiated accident conditions

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 991-997

  Umeda, Miki ^a   Sugiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Nagase, Fumihisa ^a   Fuketa, Toyoshi ^a   Ueta, Shohei ^a   Sawa, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coated fuel particle; Failure limit; Failure mechanism; HTGR; NSRR; Pulse irradiation; Reactivity initiated accident

Indexed keywords

FAILURE LIMIT; FAILURE MECHANISM; HTGR; NSRR; PULSE IRRADIATION; REACTIVITY-INITIATED ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; FUEL GAGES; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; IRRADIATION;

COATED FUEL PARTICLES;

EID: 78149458676     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.47.991     Document Type: Article

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