Coated particle fuel to improve safety, design, economics in water-cooled and gas-cooled reactors

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 407-410

  Porta, J ^a   Lo Pinto, P ^a   Bonnet, M ^a   Kugeler, K ^b   Alkan, Z ^b   Heuss, R ^b   Von Lensa, W ^c  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CERMETS; COMPOSITION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FISSION REACTIONS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR CORES; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

COATED PARTICLE FUEL; FISSION PRODUCT RETENTION; INERT MATRIX FUELS; SAFE CONTAINMENT;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0035079601     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(00)00146-3     Document Type: Article

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