Low cost, proliferation resistant, uranium-thorium dioxide fuels for light water reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-85

  Herring, J Stephen ^a   MacDonald, Philip E ^a   Weaver, Kevan D ^a   Kullberg, Craig ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FISSION PRODUCTS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

THORIUM DIOXIDE;

MIXED OXIDE FUELS;

EID: 0035129069     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00297-1     Document Type: Article

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