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Simulating the retention of molten fuel in a fast-neutron reactor during a severe accident

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The problem of retaining molten fuel in the fast-reactor vessel during a severe accident is considered. A mathematical model implemented in the BRUT computer code is described and the calculated data obtained using this code are analyzed.

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  1. State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation, the Energy Physics Institute Federal State Unitary Enterprise (GNTs RF-FEI), pl. Bondarenko 1, Obninsk, Kaluzhskaya oblast, 249033, Russia

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Original Russian Text ¢ M.V. Kashcheev, I.A. Kuznetsov, 2007, published in Teploenergetika.

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Kashcheev, M.V., Kuznetsov, I.A. Simulating the retention of molten fuel in a fast-neutron reactor during a severe accident. Therm. Eng. 54, 955–961 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601507120038

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