A comprehensive study on neutronics of a lead-bismuth eutectic cooled accelerator-driven sub-critical system for long-lived fission product transmutation

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1264-1273

  Yapici, Hüseyin ^a   Genç, Gamze ^a   Demir, Nesrin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTECTICS; FISSION PRODUCTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEM (ADS); CERAMIC FUELS; FISSILE BREEDING; FUEL COMPOSITION; HIGH LEVEL WASTE (HLW) TRANSMUTATION; NEUTRONICS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 44549084226     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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