Electra: European lead-cooled training reactor

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Wallenius, Janne ^a   Suvdantsetseg, Rdenechimeg ^a   Fokau, Andrei ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lead cooled fast reactor; Natural convection; Nitride fuel

Indexed keywords

FAST REACTORS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; FAST NEUTRON REACTORS; FLOW STABILITY; LEAD COOLED FAST REACTOR; NATURAL CIRCULATION; NITRIDE FUEL; PRIMARY CIRCUITS; STRUCTURE TEMPERATURE;

FUELS;

EID: 84859472318     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT12-A13477     Document Type: Article

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