Power flattening of an inertial fusion energy breeder with mixed ThO2-UO2 fuel

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-108

  Yapici, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fissile fuel breeding; Flat fission power density; Inertial confinement fusion; Power; Uranium

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR FUELS; SILICON CARBIDE;

FUSION ENERGY BREEDERS;

BREEDER REACTORS;

EID: 0037268440     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00382-4     Document Type: Article

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