Methods to reduce CIPS/CILC risk for the zero fuel failure by 2010 initiative

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 4, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2010, Pages 1075-1083

  Wang, Guoqiang ^a   Young, Michael Y ^a   Byers, William A ^a   Krammen, Michael A ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL FAILURE; INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS; LOCALIZED CORROSION; OPERATING CONDITION; POWER SHIFT; WESTINGHOUSE; WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANIES;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

FUELS;

EID: 80055040712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE18-30149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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