A recriticality-free fast reactor core concept

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-251

  Sawada, Tetsuo ^a   Ninokata, Hisashi ^a   Tomozoe, Hirofumi ^a   Endo, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FBR Engineering Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Controlled material relocation; Fast breeder reactor; Recriticality free

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000979933     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT130-242     Document Type: Article

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