Lead coolant test facility - Design concept and requirements

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3008-3016

  Khericha, Soli ^a   Loewen, Eric ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GE HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; COOLANTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; EUTECTICS; FAST REACTORS; FLOW RATE; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

DATA MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL HEATER; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORIES; LEAD-BISMUTH EUTECTICS; LINEAR HEAT GENERATION RATE; SMALL-SCALE FACILITIES; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC DESIGNS;

TEST FACILITIES;

EID: 79961030284     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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