Submersion-Subcritical Safe Space (S4) reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1759-1777

  King, Jeffrey C ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE; IRIDIUM; NUCLEAR FUEL ACCOUNTING; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

GADOLINIUM-155 SESQUIOXIDE COATING; SPECTRAL SHIFT ABSORBER (SSA); SUBMERSION-SUBCRITICAL SAFE SPACE (S4) REACTOR; URANIUM NITRIDE FUEL;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33745184632     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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