Transmutation of long-lived fission products driven by D-T and D-D fusion: Specific neutronics and radiological consequences

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 569-579

  Stankovsky, Alexey ^a   Saito, Masaki ^a   Artissiouk, Vladimir V ^a   Shmelev, Anatoly N ^b   Sagara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

126Sn; Fission product; Waste transmutation

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOLOGY;

FUSION NEUTRON SOURCES;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

EID: 0038511308     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A302     Document Type: Article

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