The potential of accelerator-driven systems for transmutation or power production using thorium or uranium fuel cycles

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-340

  Salvatores, M ^a   Slessarev, I ^a   Tchistiakov, A ^a   Ritter, G ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS; FUEL CYCLES; POWER PRODUCTION; TRANSMUTATION;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0031187362     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A24485     Document Type: Article

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