Performance of the gas turbine-modular helium reactor fuelled with different types of fertile TRISO particles

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1719-1749

  Talamo, Alberto ^a   Gudowski, Waclaw ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GAS TURBINES; HELIUM; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SPENT FUELS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

FISSILE ISOTOPES; GAS TURBINE-MODULAR HELIUM REACTORS (GT-MHR); MILITARY PLUTONIUM; THORIUM BASED FUELS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 27144433532     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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