Thorium fuel cycle of a thorium-based advanced nuclear energy system

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-83

  Yu, Jiyang ^a   Wang, Kan ^a   You, Songbo ^a   Jia, Baoshan ^a   Shen, Shifei ^a   Shi, Gong ^a   Rayman, Sollychin ^b   Ruan, Yangqiang ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coolant void reactivity; Lattice pitch; Thorium fuel cycle

Indexed keywords

COOLANT VOID REACTIVITY; LATTICE PITCH; THORIUM FUEL CYCLE; THORIUM-BASED ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEM (TANES);

AUTOMATION; COOLANTS; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUEL CELLS; HEAVY WATER; MODERATORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTOR REFUELING; THORIUM;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 10644234589     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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