Breeding of 242mAm in a fast reactor

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-233

  Ronen, Y ^a   Aboudy, M ^a   Regev, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

242mAm production; MONJU reactor

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST REACTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR FUELS; URANIUM;

AXIAL BLANKET; MONJU REACTOR; RADIAL BLANKET;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 31744439855     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT06-A3702     Document Type: Article

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