Study of solid moderators for the thermal-spectrum supercritical water-cooled reactor

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-303

  Buongiorno, Jacopo ^a   Sterbentz, James W ^b   MacDonald, Philip E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Solid moderator; Supercritical water cooled reactors; Zirconium hydride

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MODERATORS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLID MODERATORS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER COOLED REACTORS; ZIRCONIUM HYDRIDE;

WATER COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 33645086885     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT06-A3708     Document Type: Article

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