A prototype beta compensated reactor (BCR) driven by electron accelerator

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ridikas, Danas ^a   Safa, Henri ^a   Bernardin, Bruno ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; SPALLING;

COMPACT MACHINES; EXTERNAL NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRON CONVERTERS; NEUTRON PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR SYSTEMS; REACTOR POWER; SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCES; SPALLATION PROCESS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 2642559692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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