Uranium mononitride as a potential commercial LWR fuel

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 2610-2617

  Xu, Peng ^a   Yan, Jin ^a   Lahoda, Edward J ^a   Ray, Sumit ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CONDITIONS; CFD MODELS; COMMERCIAL LIGHT WATER REACTORS; CORROSION MECHANISMS; GENERATION-III AND III; LWR FUEL; MITIGATION METHODS; MONONITRIDE; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; THERMAL SAFETY; WATER CORROSION;

CORROSION RESISTANCE; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; LOADING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; URANIUM;

FUELS;

EID: 84869053209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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