Novel method for energy production using 242mAm as a nuclear fuel

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 407-417

  Ronen, Yigal ^a   Aboudy, Menashe ^a   Regev, Dror ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AMERICIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); WATER;

HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0033897021     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3071     Document Type: Article

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