Analysis of the peach bottom turbine trip 2 experiment by coupled RELAP5-PARCS three-dimensional codes

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-353

  Bousbia Salah, Anis ^a   Vedovi, Juswald ^b   D'Auria, Francesco ^a   Ivanov, Kostadin ^b   Galassi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURIZATION; REACTOR CORES; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; NEUTRONIC; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

TURBINES;

EID: 9144259288     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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