Performance of the lead-alloy - cooled reactor concept balanced for actinide burning and electricity production

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-367

  Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Davis, Cliff B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide incineration; Lead cooled fast reactors; Thorium fuel

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; COOLANTS; COSTS; ELECTRICITY; LEAD ALLOYS; NUCLEAR FUELS; THERMOANALYSIS; THORIUM; TRANSIENTS; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE BURNING; ACTINIDE INCINERATION; LEAD COOLED FAST REACTORS; THERMAL HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS; THORIUM FUEL;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 2642561586     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3536     Document Type: Article

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