Innovations in the ENHS reactor design and fuel cycle

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Greenspan, Ehud ^a   Hong, Ser Gi ^a,b   Lee, Ki Bog ^a,b   Monti, Lanfranco ^a,c   Okawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Susplugas, Arnaud ^a   Fratoni, Massimiliano ^a   Kim, Lance ^a   Mattafirri, Sara ^a   Petroski, Robert ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enhanced power; Equilibrium cycle; Lead alloy cooled fast reactor; Minor actinides; Nuclear battery; Void coefficient

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; COOLANTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INNOVATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING;

ENHANCED POWER; EQUILIBRIUM CYCLE; LEAD ALLOY COOLED FAST REACTORS; MINOR ACTINIDES; VOID COEFFICIENT;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 39549123794     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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