Transmutation of nuclear waste in accelerator-driven systems: Fast spectrum

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 564-578

  Herrera Martínez, Adonai ^a   Kadi, Yacine ^a   Parks, Geoffrey ^b   Dahlfors, Marcus ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ENERGY AMPLIFIER; NEUTRONIC CHARACTERISATION; SAFETY PARAMETERS; THORIUM-BASED ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 34547681635     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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