Accelerator driven systems for transmutation and energy production: Challenges and dangers

Kerntechnik

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-50

  Brandt, Reinhard ^a   Birkholz, Wolfgang ^b   Shelaev, Igor Alexandrovich ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; FISSION REACTIONS; NEPTUNIUM; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RELATIVITY;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS; TRANSMUTATION;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 1842558986     PISSN: 09323902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/124.100187     Document Type: Article

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