The corrosion of aluminium alloy and release of intermetallic particles in nuclear reactor emergency core coolant: Implications for clogging of sump strainers |
Huang, Junlin
(UNB Nuclear Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick)
Lister, Derek (UNB Nuclear Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick) Uchida, Shunsuke (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Liu, Lihui (UNB Nuclear Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick) |
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