Treatment of wastes in the ifr fuel cycle

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 141-154

  Ackerman, J P ^a   Johnson, T R ^a   Chow, L S H ^a   Carls, E L ^a   Hannum, W H ^a   Laidler, J J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide consumption; EBR II; Electrorefining; Fast reactor; Fuel Cycle Facility; IFR; Liquid metal reactor; LMR; Metallic fuel; Nuclear fuel cycle; Plutonium; Pyroprocessing; Reactor design; Recycling; Waste disposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001308784     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0149-1970(96)00008-x     Document Type: Article

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