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Experimental and Numerical Stability Investigations on Natural Circulation Boiling Water Reactors

Christian Pablo Marcel

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In the design of novel nuclear reactors active systems are replaced by passive ones in order to reduce the risk of failure. For that reason natural circulation is being considered as the primary cooling mechanism in next generation nuclear reactor designs

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In the design of novel nuclear reactors active systems are replaced by passive ones in order to reduce the risk of failure. For that reason natural circulation is being considered as the primary cooling mechanism in next generation nuclear reactor designs

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In the design of novel nuclear reactors active systems are replaced by passive ones in order to reduce the risk of failure. For that reason natural circulation is being considered as the primary cooling mechanism in next generation nuclear reactor designs

Key concepts: Natural circulation, Boiling, Boiling water reactor, Circulation (fluid dynamics), Void (composites), Stability (learning theory), Nuclear engineering, Mechanics

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