Articles with "stepped calandria" as a keyword



Photo from wikipedia

Investigation of thermo mechanical behaviour in the scaled PHWR stepped calandria vessel during severe accident

Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!
Published in 2017 at "Nuclear Engineering and Design"

DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.06.009

Abstract: Abstract In case of Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), in-calandria retention of corium is essential for mitigating core melt down accident. Benchmark calculations have shown that if corium breaches the calandria vessel and enters… read more here.

Keywords: thermo mechanical; corium; vessel; stepped calandria ... See more keywords