Fertile-free fuels in pressurized water reactors: Design challenges and solutions

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-176

  Fridman, Emil ^a   Shwageraus, E ^a   Galperin, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnable poison design; Fertile free fuel; Inert matrix fuel

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN; MAGNESIA; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DAMAGE; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR REFUELING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIA;

BURNABLE POISON DESIGN; FERTILE-FREE FUELS; FUEL CYCLE; INERT MATRIX FUEL;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33846985304     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT07-A3810     Document Type: Article

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