Heterogeneous cores for improved safety performance. A case study: The supercritical water fast reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 14-16, 2006, Pages 1573-1579

  Mori, Magnus ^a   Maschek, Werner ^a   Rineiski, Andrei ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; FISSION REACTIONS; MODERATORS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

HETEROGENEOUS CORES; LIGHT WATER REACTOR (LWR); REACTIVITY EFFECT; STEAM SEPARATORS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33745211394     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.048     Document Type: Article

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