Feasibility of multirecyling of Pu and Ma in PWRs using combined non-fertile and UO2 (CONFU) fuel

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 164-175

  Shwageraus, E ^a   Hejzlar, P ^a   Kazimi, M S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR FUEL ACCOUNTING; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR CORES; RECYCLING; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE REACTIVITY; FERTILE FREE FUELS; THERMAL HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS; THERMAL NEUTRON FLUX;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 2642582611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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