Fabrication of advanced oxide fuels containing minor actinide for use in fast reactors

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 903-908

  Miwa, Shuhei ^a   Osaka, Masahiko ^a   Tanaka, Kosuke ^a   Ishi, Yohei ^a   Yoshimochi, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Kenya ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FAST REACTORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REACTION KINETICS; TECHNOLOGY;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; BURN UP; COMPOSITE FUEL; HIGH-DENSITY; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MINOR ACTINIDE (MA); NO DEFECTS; NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES; OXIDE FUELS; PHASE RELATIONS;

FUELS;

EID: 45149112242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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