Core performance of fast reactors for actinide recycling using metal, nitride, and oxide fuels

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-178

  Yokoo, Takeshi ^a,c,d   Sasahara, Akihiro ^a,e,f   Inoue, Tadashi ^a   Kang, Jungmin ^b   Suzuki, Atsuyuki ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ctrl Res Inst Elec Pwr Indust

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CRIEPI

Author keywords

Advanced fuel materials; Fast reactor core; Minor actinide recycling

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR CORES; RECYCLING; WASTE UTILIZATION;

CORE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; LIGHT WATER REACTOR FUEL CYCLE MODEL;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 0030283164     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt96-a35298     Document Type: Article

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