Actinide recycling by pyro-process with metal fuel FBR for future nuclear fuel cycle system

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 547-554

  Inoue, Tadashi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; CASTING; FAST REACTORS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PYROMETALLURGY; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; REFINING; SOLIDIFICATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

METAL FUELS;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 0036382139     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(02)00049-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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