Plutonium management and Generation IV systems

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 589-596

  Lennox, T A ^a   Millington, D N ^a   Sunderland, R E ^a  

^a AMEC NNC Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuel cycle; Generation IV; GFR; Plutonium management; SFR; VHTR

Indexed keywords

GAS COOLED REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS;

GAS-COOLED FAST REACTOR (GFR); MOLTEN SALT REACTOR (MSR); SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTOR (SFR);

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 36549063456     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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