Pioneering role of IRIS in the resurgence of small modular reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-152

  Petrovic, Bojan ^a   Ricotti, Marco ^b   Monti, Stefano ^c   Čavlina, Nikola ^d   Ninokata, Hisashi ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IRIS; Safety by design; Small modular reactors

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEISMIC DESIGN;

ECONOMICS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONES; IRIS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY BY DESIGN; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS; TECHNICAL LEVELS; THERMODYNAMIC COUPLING;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 84862091341     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT12-A13555     Document Type: Article

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