HTR fuel design, qualification and analyses at PBMR

PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Van Der Merwe, J J ^a   Venter, J H ^a  

^a Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Pty Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Design; Fission product release; Fuel; HTR; PBMR; Performance; Qualification; Spherical fuel elements; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FISSION PRODUCTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR FUEL ACCOUNTING; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

FUEL DESIGN; MONTE CARLO DESIGN;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 33847189558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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