Evaluation on transmutation performance of minor actinides with high-flux BWR

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 443-456

  Setiawan, M Budi ^a   Kitamoto, Asashi ^a   Taniguchi, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMERICIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; NEPTUNIUM; NEUTRONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

HIGH FLUX BOILING WATER REACTORS (HFBWR); MASS TRANSMUTATION;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0035284128     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(00)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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