Performance improvement analysis of boiling water reactors by incorporation of hydride fuel

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-175

  Kan, Wang ^a   Ehud, Greenspan ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLAD METALS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEUTRON EMISSION; OXIDE MINERALS; PERFORMANCE; STAINLESS STEEL; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

HYDRIDE FUEL; OXIDE FUEL; OXIDE RODS; WATER RODS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 2942628232     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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