Experimental investigation of bottom reflooding for uniformly heated 5&#215;5 rod bundles and evaluation of thermal safety analysis code

Weihua LIU; Pan WU; Min FENG; Tinghui TANG; Jianqiang SHAN; Miao GUI

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.100607

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