ENHS: The encapsulated nuclear heat source - A nuclear energy concept for emerging worldwide energy markets

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 583-590

  Wade, D C ^a   Feldman, E ^a   Sienicki, J ^a   Sofu, T ^a   Barak, A ^a   Greenspan, E ^a   Saphier, D ^a   Brown, N W ^a   Hossain, Q ^a   Carelli, M D ^a   Conway, L ^a   Dzodzo, M ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATED NUCLEAR HEAT SOURCE; MARKET ANALYSIS;

FAST REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 0036390568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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