Changing need for a breeder reactor

Nuclear Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Wilson, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST NEUTRON REACTOR; NEUTRON CHAIN REACTION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; URANIUM;

BREEDER REACTORS;

EID: 0033900676     PISSN: 01404067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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