Conceivable limits for thermal reactor spent-fuel recycling

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-198

  Kingdon, David R ^a   Khotylev, Vladimir A ^a   Harms, Archie A ^a   Hoogenboom, J Eduard ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; FISSION PRODUCTS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

ELECTROREFINING SEPARATION; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE;

SPENT FUELS;

EID: 0032626988     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2994     Document Type: Article

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