Experimental simulation of the Paks-2 cleaning tank incident through separate effect and integral tests

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Hozer Z ^a   Horvath M ^a   Kunstar M ^a   Matus, L ^a   Nagy, I ^a   Novotny, T ^a   Perez Fero E ^a   Pinter Csordas A ^a   Ver N ^a   Vimi, A ^a   Windberg, P ^a  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING TANK INCIDENTS; DECAY HEAT; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FUEL ASSEMBLY; FUEL RODS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; HYDROGEN CONTENTS; INTEGRAL TEST; SEPARATE EFFECTS; SEVERE FUEL DAMAGES; SPACER GRID; SPRING-IN; WATER QUENCHING;

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; REACTOR CORES; ZIRCONIUM;

FUELS;

EID: 80052712449     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.04.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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