Use of the Modular Helium Reactor for Hydrogen Production

Nuclear Engineer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Schultz, Kenneth R ^a,b,c  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b GA's Inertial Fusion Technol Div   (United States)

^c Fusion Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAN-BURNING PRODUCTS; WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE;

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 1842560324     PISSN: 02625091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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