A pressurized water reactor design for plutonium incineration: Fuel cycle options

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Galperin, Alex ^a,b   Raizes, Gilad ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fuel cycle; Light water reactor technology; Plutonium disposition

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; THORIUM;

FUEL CYCLE; PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION METHODS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0031075347     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT97-A35319     Document Type: Article

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