Reevaluation of experimental data and analysis on experimental fast reactor JOYO MK-I performance tests

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-263

  Yokoyama, Kenji ^a   Shono, Akira ^a,b   Ishikawa, Makoto ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

FUEL REPLACEMENT REACTIVITY; REACTOR PHYSICS ANALYSIS METHODS; SODIUM VOID REACTIVITY;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 36248986720     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE06-109     Document Type: Article

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