Numerical design of a 20 MW lead-bismuth spallation target for an accelerator-driven system

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 229, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 317-327

  Cho, C H ^a   Song, T Y ^a   Tak, N I ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; EUTECTICS; HYDRAULICS; NEUTRONS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIATION DAMAGE; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL LOAD;

LEAD-BISMUTH EUTECTICS (LBE); WASTE TRANSMUTATIONS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842575784     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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