Ultra-thin 242mAm fuel elements in nuclear reactors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 455, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 442-451

  Ronen, Y ^a   Shwageraus, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; IONIZATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

ULTRATHIN FUEL ELEMENTS;

NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS;

EID: 0034507477     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00506-4     Document Type: Article

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