Concept of erbium doped uranium oxide fuel cycle in light water reactors

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 506-513

  Barchevtsev, Vladimir ^a   Artisyuk, Vladimir ^a   Ninokata, Hisashi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erbium burnable absorber; Fuel cycle; High burnup; Pressure tube reactors; Proliferation resistance; PWR type reactors; Uranium oxides

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

FUEL CYCLE;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0036577454     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2002.9715228     Document Type: Article

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