Basic properties of a zirconia-based fuel material for light water reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Degueldre, Claude ^a,b,c,d   Paratte, Jean Marie ^a,e,f  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Laboratory for Waste Management   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f PSI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inert matrix fuel; Plutonium burning in LWR; Plutonium excess disposition

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; SOLID SOLUTIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THORIA; XENON; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIA;

CERIA; ERBIA; INERT MATRIX FUEL; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE; NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT; YTTRIA;

NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS;

EID: 0032122653     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2876     Document Type: Article

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