Application of boron and gadolinium burnable poison particles in UO2 and PUO2 fuels in HTRs

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1807-1819

  Kloosterman, J L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

POISON PARTICLES;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0038824751     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(03)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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