How small can fast-spectrum space reactors get?

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 426-436

  Hatton, Steven A ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast spectrum; Neutronics analysis; Space reactors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751247306     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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