The Pebble Recirculation Experiment (PREX) for the AHTR

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 845-851

  Bardet, P ^a   An, J Y ^a   Franklin, J T ^a   Huang, D ^a   Lee, K ^a   Mai, A ^a   Toulouse, M ^a   Peterson, P F ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; DESIGN STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES; PACKING DENSITIES; PEBBLE BEDS; PRESSURE LOSSES; RE CIRCULATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; EXTRACTION; LEAD; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FUELS;

EID: 45149110548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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