Multiple tier fuel cycle studies for waste transmutation

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1003-1011

  Hill, R N ^a   Taiwo, T A ^a   Stillman, J A ^a   Graziano, D J ^a   Bennett, D R ^a   Trellue, H ^a   Todosow, M ^a   Halsey, W G ^a   Baxter, A ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LIGHT WATER REACTOR; MULTIPLE TIER SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE; PLUTONIUM SEPARATION; RADIOTOXICITY; WASTE TRANSMUTATION;

FAST REACTORS; FISSION REACTIONS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SPENT FUELS; TOXICITY;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 0036388177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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