Radiation damage effects and thermophysical properties of nitride fuels

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 683-684

  Rondinella, V V ^a   Ciriello, A ^a   Staicu, D ^a   Somers, J ^a   Wiss, T ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DEFECT STRUCTURES; NITRIDES; PLUTONIUM; POINT DEFECTS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZIRCONIUM;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ANNEALING EFFECTS; DATA SETS; NITRIDE FUELS; RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS; RELEVANT INFORMATIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 55249087274     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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