Transient testing plan for accident tolerant fuels program

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-46

  Wachs, D M ^a   Woolstenhulme, N ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; TESTING;

ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUELS; FUEL DESIGN CONCEPT; FUEL PERFORMANCE; QUALIFICATION TESTING; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENTS; TESTING PROGRAMS; TRANSIENT TESTING;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84904707837     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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