Lessons learned from sodium-cooled fast reactor operation and their ramifications for future reactors with respect to enhanced safety and reliability

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-220

  Guidez, J ^a   Martin, Laurent ^a   Chetal, S C ^b   Chellapandi, P ^b   Raj, Baldev ^b  

^a Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fast reactor; Operation experience; Sodium coolant

Indexed keywords

FAST REACTORS;

EXPERIMENTAL TEST; OPERATING EXPERIENCE; OPERATION EXPERIENCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SODIUM COOLANT; SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTOR;

SODIUM;

EID: 56249136249     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A4020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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