Actinide-only burnup credit for pressurized water reactor spent nuclear fuel - I: Methodology overview

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-270

  Lancaster, Dale B ^a   Fuentes, Emilio ^b   Kang, Chi H ^c   Rahimi, Meraj ^d,e  

^a TRW Environ Safety Systems Inc   (United States)

^b ABB INC   (United States)

^c United States Patent and Trademark Office   (United States)

^d JAI Corporation   (United States)

^e U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnup credit; Critically; Spent nuclear fuel transportation

Indexed keywords

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

BURNUP CREDIT;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033101919     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2946     Document Type: Review

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