Microheterogeneous thoria-urania fuels for pressurized water reactors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-36

  Shwageraus, Eugene ^a   Zhao, Xianfeng ^a   Driscoll, Michael J ^a   Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Kazimi, Mujid S ^a   Herring, J Stephen ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

PWRs; Reactor physics; Thorium fuels

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTIMIZATION; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR OPERATION; THORIA; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

MICROHETEROGENOUS FUEL DESIGN; REACTOR PHYSICS; THORIUM FUELS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 4043114179     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3512     Document Type: Article

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