A high-conversion water reactor design

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-253

  Ronen, Y ^a   Dali, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR CORES; URANIUM;

HIGH-CONVERSION REACTORS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0032180230     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE98-A2003     Document Type: Article

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