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ORIGINAL PAPER

Experimental Investigations on In-Vessel Corium Retention through Inherent Gap Cooling Mechanisms

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Pages 1490-1500 | Received 13 Apr 2006, Accepted 25 Aug 2006, Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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