Fertile-free fast lead-cooled incinerators for efficient actinide burning

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-387

  Romano, Antonino ^a   Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Todreas, Neil E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide incineration; Fast reactor; Lead

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTINIDES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COOLANTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LEAD; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; THERMOANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM;

ACTINIDE INCENERATION; FUEL CYCLES; NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 5644221732     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-1     Document Type: Article

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