Comparative study of plutonium burning in heavy and light water reactors

Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP 2007, "The Nuclear Renaissance at Work"

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2838-2847

  Taiwo, T A ^a   Kim, T K ^a   Szakaly, F J ^a   Hill, R N ^a   Yang, W S ^a   Dyck, G R ^b   Hyland, B ^b   Edwards, G W R ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; HEAVY WATER; ISOTOPES; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RECYCLING; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; SPENT FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WATER CONTENT;

BURNER SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISCHARGE BURN-UP; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FUEL CYCLES; INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; MINOR ACTINIDES; MIXED OXIDE; MOX FUELS; NEUTRON SPECTRUM; NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE; PLUTONIUM BURNING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSURANICS;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 52249103718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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