Utilization/disposition of reactor-grade plutonium in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 266-274

  Bonin, Bernard ^a   Grenéche, Dominique ^a   Carré, Frank ^b   Damian, Frédéric ^b   Doriath, Jean Yves ^b  

^a Direction Recherche Developpement ^*  (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Fuel cycles; High temperature reactors; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MODERATORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR CORES; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER;

CORE DESIGN; FUEL CYCLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS COOLED REACTOR;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 1842587098     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3476     Document Type: Article

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