Comparative fuel cycle analysis of critical and subcritical fast reactor transmutation systems

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-106

  Hoffman, Edward A ^a   Stacey, Weston M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear fuel cycle; Repository performance; Transmutation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FAST REACTORS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; RECYCLING; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FUEL CYCLE ANALYSIS; RADIOTOXICITY; TRANSMUTATION SYSTEMS; WASTE MASS FLOWS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0141989632     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3431     Document Type: Article

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