Safety evaluation of the HTTR-IS nuclear hydrogen production system

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sato, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohashi, Hirofumi ^a   Tazawa, Yujiro ^a   Sakaba, Nariaki ^a   Tachibana, Yukio ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HTTR; HTTR IS system; IS process; nuclear hydrogen production; safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

HTTR; HTTR-IS SYSTEM; IS PROCESS; NUCLEAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SAFETY EVALUATIONS;

CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICALS; GAS PRODUCERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; IODINE; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REACTION KINETICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SULFUR;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 78549266903     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002351     Document Type: Article

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