Timcoat: An integrated fuel performance model for coated particle fuel

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-96

  Wang, Jing ^a   Ballinger, Ronald G ^a   Maclean, Heather J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coated particle fuel; Fracture mechanics; Fuel performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POISSON RATIO; PROBABILITY; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR REFUELING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COATED PARTICLE FUEL; FAILURE MODEL; FUEL PERFORMANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE TEST REACTOR; PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS;

COATED FUEL PARTICLES;

EID: 8344290439     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3549     Document Type: Article

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