Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 687634, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/687634
Research Article

Modelling of HTR Confinement Behaviour during Accidents Involving Breach of the Helium Pressure Boundary

Joan Fontanet,1 Luis E. Herranz,1 Alastair Ramlakan,2 and Lolan Naicker2

1Unit of Nuclear Safety Research, CIEMAT, Avenida Complutense, 22 28040 Madrid, Spain
2Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Limited, 1279 Mike Crawford Avenue, 0046 Centurion, South Africa

Received 30 January 2009; Revised 18 May 2009; Accepted 4 June 2009

Academic Editor: Jim Kuijper

Copyright © 2009 Joan Fontanet 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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