Preliminary LOCA analysis of the westinghouse small modular reactor using the WCOBRA/TRAC-TF2 thermal-hydraulics code

International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1243-1248

  Liao, Jun ^a   Kucukboyaci, Vefa N ^a   Nguyen, Luyen ^a   Frepoli, Cesare ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD LEG; CORE COOLING; DESIGN PHASE; DIRECT VESSEL INJECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL; FUEL ASSEMBLY DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEAT-UP; INTEGRAL REACTOR VESSEL; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS; PLANT DESIGNS; RANKING TABLES; REACTOR VESSEL; SEPARATE EFFECTS; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS; THERMAL HYDRAULICS CODES; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PHENOMENA; WESTINGHOUSE;

HEATING; HYDRAULICS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTOR CORES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 84869011293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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