Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 423175, 16 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/423175
Research Article

Analyses of Instability Events in the Peach Bottom-2 BWR Using Thermal-Hydraulic and 3D Neutron Kinetic Coupled Codes Technique

Antonella Lombardi Costa,1 Alessandro Petruzzi,2 Francesco D'Auria,2 and Walter Ambrosini2

1Departamento de Engenharia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus UFMG, PCA1—Anexo Engenharia, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-90, Brazil
2Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Nucleare e della Produzione, Università di Pisa, Via Diotisalvi 2, Pisa 56126, Italy

Received 17 May 2007; Accepted 25 October 2007

Academic Editor: John Cleveland

Copyright © 2008 Antonella Lombardi Costa 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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