Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 153858, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/153858
Research Article

Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Tasks for ANAV NPPs in Support of Plant Operation and Control

F. Reventós,1,2 L. Batet,2 C. Llopis,2 C. Pretel,1,2 and I. Sol3

1Institute of Energy Technologies, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Avinguda Diagonal 647, Barcelona 08028, Spain
2Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Avinguda Diagonal 647, Barcelona 08028, Spain
3Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellòs (ANAV), Edifici Seu, Apartat Correus 48, L'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Tarragona 43890, Spain

Received 9 May 2007; Accepted 31 August 2007

Academic Editor: Alessandro Petruzzi

Copyright © 2008 F. Reventós et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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