Medium-power lead-alloy reactors: Missions for this reactor technology

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-320

  Todreas, Neil E ^a   MacDonald, Philip E ^b   Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Buongiorno, Jacopo ^b   Loewen, Eric P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide burning; Lead alloy cooled fast reactors; Passive safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLANTS; ELECTRICITY; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE BURNING; ENERGY GENERATION; FUEL CYCLE; LEAD ALLOY COOLED FAST REACTORS; MEADIUM POWER RACTORS; PASSIVE SAFETY;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 5644254761     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3534     Document Type: Article

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