RAPID-A fast reactor concept without any control rods

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-24

  Kambe, Mitsuru ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL RODS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; LITHIUM; MAINTAINABILITY; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REACTOR REFUELING; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; REACTOR STARTUP; RELIABILITY;

LITHIUM EXPANSION MODULES; LITHIUM INFECTION MODULES; REACTIVITY CONTROL SYSTEMS; REACTIVITY FEEDBACK; REFUELING BY ALL PINS INTEGRATED DESIGN;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 0033204662     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A3010     Document Type: Article

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