Elimination of recriticality potential for the self-consistent nuclear energy system

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 577-586

  Endo, H ^a   Kubo, S ^b   Kotake, S ^b   Sato, I ^c   Kondo, Sa ^c   Niwa, H ^c   Koyama, K ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Mitoshiro Bldg   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Advanced Reactor Technology Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CONTROLLED MATERIAL RELOCATION (CMR);

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 0036379899     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(02)00053-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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