Development and validation of the ECART code for the safety analysis of nuclear installations

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Parozzi, F ^a   Paci, S ^b  

^a CESI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

CHEMICAL PROCESSES; NON-NUCLEAR RISK STUDIES; RADIOTOXIC SUBSTANCES; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR;

STANDARDS;

EID: 84975807148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE14-89275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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