Reactor physics ideas to design novel reactors with faster fissile growth

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2032-2046

  Jagannathan, V ^a   Pal, Usha ^a   Karthikeyan, R ^a   Raj, Devesh ^a   Srivastava, Argala ^a   Khan, Suhail Ahmad ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Fast reactor; Fissile growth; Minimum control maneuvers; Thorium breeders; Two year cycle length

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM;

FAST REACTOR; FISSILE GROWTH; MINIMUM CONTROL MANEUVERS; THORIUM BREEDERS; TWO YEAR CYCLE LENGTH;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 44249084637     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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