Comparison of pressurized water reactor core characteristics for 100% plutonium-containing loadings

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-63

  Kasemeyer, Uwe ^a,b,c   Paratte, Jean Marie ^a,d   Grimm, Peter ^a,d,e   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,b,e,f  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e PSI ^*

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pu burning PWR cores; Three dimensional core analysis; U free LWR fuel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038090409     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2850     Document Type: Review

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