Feasibility studies on plutonium and minor actinide burning in fast reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-25

  Wakabayashi, Toshio ^a,b   Takahashi, Katsuro ^a,c,d   Yanagisawa, Tsutomu ^a,d,e  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PNC   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast reactor; Minor actinide burning; Plutonium burning

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PLUTONIUM; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REACTOR CORES;

BURNUP REACTIVITY LOSS; DOPPLER COEFFICIENT; MINOR ACTINIDE (MA) BURNING; PLUTONIUM BURNING;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 0031121467     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt118-14     Document Type: Article

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