Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 672519, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/672519
Research Article

Deterministic Analysis of Natural Circulation Events at the Ignalina NPP

Algirdas Kaliatka, Eugenijus Uspuras, and Virginijus Vileiniskis

Laboratory of Nuclear Installation Safety, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos street 3, 44403 Kaunas, Kaunas, Lithuania

Received 30 May 2007; Accepted 17 December 2007

Academic Editor: Dilip Saha

Copyright © 2008 Algirdas Kaliatka 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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