Design strategies for lead-alloy-cooled reactors for actinide burning and low-cost electricity production

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 771-783

  Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Todreas, Neil E ^a   Driscoll, Michael J ^a   MacDonald, Philip E ^a   Buongiorno, Jacopo ^a   Weaver, Kevan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide transmutation; Fast reactors; Lead; Lead bismuth; Proliferation resistance

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE DESTRUCTION; LEAD-BISMUTH ALLOY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTINIDES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FAST REACTORS; LEAD ALLOYS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; SPENT FUELS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036393089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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