Updated thermal hydraulic analyses for recent ENHS design improvements

2003 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - Proceedings of ICAPP 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Sienicki, James J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DESIGN; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SODIUM;

DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; ENCAPSULATED NUCLEAR HEAT SOURCE; FIRST PRINCIPLES; LEAD-BISMUTH EUTECTICS; NATURAL CIRCULATION; OPERATING POWER; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS;

COOLANTS;

EID: 84933180346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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