Use of thoria-urania fuels in PWRs: A general review of a NERI project to assess feasible core designs, economics, fabrication methods, in-pile thermal/mechanical behavior, and waste form characteristics

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  MacDonald, Philip E ^a   Lee, Chan Bock ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Light water reactors; Thoria urania fuel; Thorium fuel

Indexed keywords

FUEL ECONOMY; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); THORIA; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTINIDE TRANSMUTATION; FUEL CYCLE; THORIA-URANIA FUEL; THORIUM FUEL;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 4043052938     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3510     Document Type: Article

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