Plutonium multirecycling in standard PWRs loaded with evolutionary fuels

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-45

  Youinou, Gilles ^a   Vasile, Alfredo ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; FUELS; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RECYCLING;

MIXED-OXIDE (MOX)-FUELED PWRS; PLUTONIUM MULTIRECYCLING; THERMAL NEUTRON REACTORS;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 24744471463     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE05-A2526     Document Type: Article

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