Actinide-only burnup credit for pressurized water reactor spent nuclear fuel - II: Validation

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-291

  Fuentes, Emilio ^a   Lancaster, Dale B ^b   Rahimi, Meraj ^c,d  

^a ABB INC   (United States)

^b TRW Environ Safety Systems Inc   (United States)

^c JAI Corporation   (United States)

^d U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnup credit; Criticality; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; ASSAYS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOISOTOPES; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

BURNUP CREDIT;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033101805     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2947     Document Type: Article

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