Molten salt related extensions of the SIMMER-III code and its application for a burner reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 14-16, 2006, Pages 1580-1588

  Wang, Shisheng ^a   Rineiski, Andrei ^a   Maschek, Werner ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAPHITE; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTOR CORES;

EQUATION OF STATE (EOS); FUEL CYCLE; MOLTEN SALT; MOLTEN SALT REACTORS; OPTIMAL FLOW FIELDS; TRANSURANIUM-TRIFLUORIDES;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33745185963     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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