Assessment of americium and curium transmutation in magnesia based targets in different spectral zones of an experimental accelerator driven system

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 352, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 285-290

  Haeck, W ^a,b   Malambu, E ^a   Sobolev, V P ^a   Ait Abderrahim H ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A0200; F0700; M0100; P0700; T0100

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CURIUM; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLUTONIUM;

A0200; ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEM; EFFECTIVE FULL POWER DAYS (EFPD); F0700; INERT MATRIX FUEL (IMF); M0100; MINOR ACTINIDES (MA); P0700; T0100; TRANSMUTATION;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 33744999853     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.02.064     Document Type: Article

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