Goals, requirements, and design implications for the advanced high-temperature reactor

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Forsberg, Charles W ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED HIGH-TEMPERATURE REACTOR (AHTR); ADVANCED LIGHT-WATER REACTOR (ALWR); LIQUID-FLUORIDE-SALT COOLANT; STRUCTURAL FAILURES;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAPHITE; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SECURITY SYSTEMS; URANIUM;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33845726493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE14-89305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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