Utilization of thorium in a high power density hybrid reactor with innovative coolants

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 576-582

  Übeyli, Mustafa ^a   Acir, Adem ^b  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fissile fuel breeding; Fusion; Hybrid reactor; Thorium

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; FUSION REACTIONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; THORIUM;

FISSILE FUEL BREEDING; HYBRID REACTORS; NUCLEAR HEAT;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33845914582     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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