Considerations pertaining to the achievement of high burn-ups in HTR fuel

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 213, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 241-258

  Martin, David G ^a  

^a Nuclear Fuels Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COATED FUEL PARTICLES; FISSION REACTIONS; GASIFICATION; NEUTRONS;

PYROCARBON LAYERS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS;

EID: 0036532196     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(01)00502-7     Document Type: Article

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