Sub-critical transmutation reactors with tokamak fusion neutron sources

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1210-1218

  Stacey, W M ^a   Mandrekas, J ^a   Hoffman, E A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; FUSION REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SPENT FUELS;

HIGH-LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORIES (HLWR); SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS (SNF); TRANSMUTATION REACTORS; TRANSURANICS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 18744390794     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST05-A852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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