Design and development of the AHWR-the Indian thorium fuelled innovative nuclear reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 683-700

  Sinha, R K ^a   Kakodkar, A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

HEAT REMOVAL; NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS; PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS (PHWR);

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33646485292     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.09.026     Document Type: Article

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