An experimental investigation of accumulation and transmutation behavior of americium in the MOX fuel irradiated in a fast reactor

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 635-650

  Osaka, Masahiko ^a   Koyama, Shin Ichi ^a   Maeda, Shigetaka ^a   Mitsugashira, Toshiaki ^b  

^a Oarai Eng Center   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST REACTORS; FUELS; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FUEL IRRADIATION; MOX; RADIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSMUTATION;

AMERICIUM;

EID: 16244414337     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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