Performance of thorium-based mixed-oxide fuels for the consumption of plutonium in current and advanced reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-36

  Weaver, Kevan D ^a   Herring, J Stephen ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed oxide fuel; Plutonium reduction; Thorium fuel

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPENT FUELS;

NONLEACHABLE WASTES;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0037559503     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3395     Document Type: Article

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