Long-Lived Fission Product Transmutation Studies

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-318

  Yang, W S ^a   Kim, Y ^b   Hill, R N ^a   Taiwo, T A ^a   Khalil, H S ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR CORES;

LONG-LIVED FISSION PRODUCTS (LLFP); SAFETY CONSTRAINTS;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

EID: 1642634028     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2411     Document Type: Article

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