Coupled irradiation-thermal-mechanical analysis of fuel in solid core of heat pipe cooled reactor

Xuan YANG; Quan LI; Chenxi LI; Jing ZHANG; Yingwei WU; Yanan HE; Kailun GUO; Guanghui SU; Wenxi TIAN; Suizheng QIU

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.070601

NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 7, 070601(2024)

Coupled irradiation-thermal-mechanical analysis of fuel in solid core of heat pipe cooled reactor

Xuan YANG¹, Quan LI², Chenxi LI², Jing ZHANG^1、*, Yingwei WU^1、**, Yanan HE¹, Kailun GUO¹, Guanghui SU¹, Wenxi TIAN¹, and Suizheng QIU¹

Author Affiliations

¹School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

²Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu 610213, China

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Xuan YANG, Quan LI, Chenxi LI, Jing ZHANG, Yingwei WU, Yanan HE, Kailun GUO, Guanghui SU, Wenxi TIAN, Suizheng QIU. Coupled irradiation-thermal-mechanical analysis of fuel in solid core of heat pipe cooled reactor[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(7): 070601

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 28, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Aug. 27, 2024

The Author Email: ZHANG Jing (章静), WU Yingwei (巫英伟)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.070601

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