Hafnium clad fuels for fast spectrum BWRs

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Wallenius, Janne ^a   Westlén, Daniel ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COOLANTS; HAFNIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VOID FRACTION;

CLAD FUELS; FISSION PROBABILITIES; LOW FERTILE MOX FUELS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 36148992195     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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