Investigation on natural circulation phenomena of LOCA with PRHR pipeline break in ACME facility

Yusheng LIU; Sichao TAN; Jianping JING; Shaoxin ZHUANG; Dongyang LI; Nan WANG

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.060601

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