Incineration of plutonium in PWR using hydride fuel

Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2005, ICAPP'05

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 3175-3186

  Ganda, F ^a   Greenspan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH CYCLE; HYDRIDE FUELS; OXIDE FUELS;

ACTINIDES; HYDRIDES; INCINERATION; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 34249000033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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