Use of beryllium oxide to shape power and reduce void reactivity in gas cooled fast reactors

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Handwerk, C S ^a   Driscoll, M J ^a   Hejzlar, P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium Oxide (BeO); Gas cooled Fast Reactors (GFRs); Power shaping; Void reactivity

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM OXIDE (BEO); GAS COOLED FAST REACTORS (GFR); POWER SHAPING; VOID REACTIVITY;

BERYLLIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLANTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); POWER CONVERTERS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 33847198677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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