Development of enriched Gd-155 and Gd-157 burnable poison designs for a PWR core

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-445

  Yilmaz, Serkan ^a   Ivanov, Kostadin ^a   Levine, Samuel ^a   Mahgerefteh, Moussa ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Exelon Nuclear   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

FUEL CYCLE COST; GADOLINIUM DESIGNS; NEUTRONIC PERFORMANCE;

GADOLINIUM;

EID: 33644602605     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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