Recriticality characteristics of fast reactors and possibility to preclude recriticality by controlled material relocation

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 745-751

  Sawada, T ^b   Ninokata, H ^b   Tomozoe, H ^b   Endo, H ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CALCULATIONS; CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS; FAST REACTORS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); VOLUME FRACTION;

DIFFUSION CODE; FAST REACTOR CORE; SELF CONSISTENT NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0032313383     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0149-1970(97)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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