Validation of severe accident codes against Phebus FP for plant applications: Status of the PHEBEN2 project

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3 SPEC., 2003, Pages 225-240

  Jones, A V ^a   Dickinson, S ^b   De Pascale, C ^c   Hanniet, N ^c   Herranz, L ^d   De Rosa, F ^e   Henneges, G ^f   Langhans, J ^g   Housiadas, C ^h   Wichers, V ⁱ   Birchley, J ^j   Paci, S ^k   Martin Fuertes, F ^l  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

ⁱ NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

^j PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA REDUCTION; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

ACCIDENT CODES;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84975862694     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00340-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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