Actinide-only burnup credit for pressurized water reactor spent nuclear fuel - III: Bounding treatment of spatial burnup distributions

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-304

  Kang, Chi H ^a   Lancaster, Dale B ^b  

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

^b TRW Environ Safety Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial burnup distribution; Burnup credit; End effects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); SPENT FUELS;

BURNUP CREDIT; BURNUP DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; SPENT FUEL ASSEMBLIES;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033101949     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2948     Document Type: Article

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