Proton source efficiency for inert matrix fuels in accelerator driven systems

International Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology: Accelerator Application in a Nuclear Renaissance

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 733-738

  Seltborg, Per ^a   Wallenius, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUEL ECONOMY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS (ADS); MATRIX FUELS; NEUTRON SPECTRUM;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 2642560557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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