Effect of thermal-spectrum transmuter deep burnup of transuranics on fast-spectrum transmuter performance

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1045-1058

  Stillman, J A ^a   Hill, R N ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RECYCLING; SAFETY FACTOR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

RADIOTOXICITY; THERMAL-SPECTRUM TRANSMUTER DEEP BURNUP; TRANSURANICS (TRU);

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

EID: 2642562909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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