Plutonium burning in pressurized water reactors via nonfertile matrices

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-239

  Lombardi, C ^a   Mazzola, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Halden Reactor Project (HRP)   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONTROL RODS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); URANIUM DIOXIDE;

INERT MATRIX; NONFERTILE MATRICES; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; REACTIVITY COEFFICIENT; TRANSMUTATION;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 0030083266     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A24157     Document Type: Article

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