OECD/NRC BWR turbine trip transient benchmark as a basis for comprehensive qualification and studying best-estimate coupled codes

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-207

  Ivanov, Kostadin ^a   Olson, Andy ^b   Sartori, Enrico ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exelon Corporation   (United States)

^c OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; PRESSURIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TRANSIENTS; TURBINES;

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC); ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD); PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS (PWR); TURBINE TRIP (TT) TRANSIENTS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 9144272725     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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