Determination of the optimal plutonium fraction in transuranium discharged from pressured water reactor (PWR) spent fuel for a flat fission power generation in the force-free helical reactor (FFHR) along the transmutation period

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 633-649

  Yapici, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; POWER GENERATION; SILICON CARBIDE; SPENT FUELS;

FORCE-FREE HELICAL REACTORS (FFHR);

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0037374994     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(02)00114-7     Document Type: Article

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