Research and development of americium-containing mixed oxide fuel for fast reactors

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 897-902

  Tanaka, Kosuke ^a   Osaka, Masahiko ^a   Sato, Isamu ^a   Miwa, Shuhei ^a   Koyama, Shin Ichi ^a   Ishi, Yohei ^a   Hirosawa, Takashi ^a   Obayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshimochi, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Kenya ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FAST REACTORS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; TECHNOLOGY;

(PL) PROPERTIES; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MIXED OXIDE (MOX); MOX FUELS; NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES; REMOTE HANDLING (RH); RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

FUELS;

EID: 45149098256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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