Innovative oxide fuels doped with minor actinides for use in fast reactors

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2007, Pages 357-366

  Osaka, M ^a   Miwa, S ^a   Tanaka, K ^a,a   Sato, I ^a   Hirosawa, T ^a   Obayashi, H ^a   Mondo, K ^a   Akutsu, Y ^a   Ishi, Y ^a   Koyama, S ^a   Yoshimochi, H ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Composite fuel; Fabrication; Fast reactor cycle; Irradiation test; Minor actinides; Oxide fuel

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; COMPOSITE; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUEL; INNOVATION; IRRADIATION; OXIDE;

EID: 38849154163     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ESUS070351     Document Type: Article

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