Assessment of the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) performance for current and advanced plant designs using WCOBRA/TRAC

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Frepoli, C ^a   Nissley, M ^a   Ohkawa, K ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COOLING SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTOR CORES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; ADVANCED FUELS; EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM; LICENSE RENEWAL; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; STANDARD ANALYSIS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC CODES; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

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EID: 84933180360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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