Inherent protection of plutonium by doping minor actinide in thermal neutron spectra

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 442-450

  Peryoga, Yoga ^a   Sagara, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Masaki ^a   Ezoubtchenko, Alexey ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decay heat; Plutonium production; Proliferation resistance; Spontaneous fission neutron

Indexed keywords

DECAY HEAT; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE; SPONTANEOUS FISSION NEUTRON;

ACTINIDES; ALPHA PARTICLES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FISSION REACTIONS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 21844479046     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2005.9726412     Document Type: Article

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