A thorium-based fuel cycle for eliminating the discharge of trans-uranium isotopes from light water reactors

Global 2003: Atoms for Prosperity: Updating Eisenhowers Global Vision for Nuclear Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 176-183

  Todosow, M ^a   Galperin, A ^b   Raitses, G ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-DISCHARGE MASS FLOW; FUEL COMPOSITION; FUEL CYCLES; ISOTROPIC VECTORS;

ACTINIDES; BORON; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

SPENT FUELS;

EID: 2642532873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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