The encapsulated nuclear heat source (ENHS) reactor core design

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-48

  Hong, Ser Gi ^a   Greenspan, Ehud ^b   Kim, Yeong Il ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Encapsulated nuclear heat source; Lead; Once for life cores

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLANTS; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIDES; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE ENCAPSULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; URANIUM;

DOPPLER REACTIVITY COEFFICIENT; ENCAPSULATED NUCLEAR HEAT SOURCE; ONCE-FOR-LIFE CORES; TRANSURANICS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 14644437830     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT05-A3577     Document Type: Article

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