Fuel cycle analysis of GFR using advanced fuels

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-123

  Foley, Trevor Q ^a   Knight, Travis W ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced fuel cycle; GFR; Synergistic LWR fast reactor fuel cycles

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AIR POLLUTION; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; FUSION REACTIONS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; INCINERATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR CORES; RECYCLING; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE; ADVANCED FUEL CYCLES; ADVANCED FUELS; FEED MATERIALS; FUEL CYCLES; FUEL INVENTORIES; GFR; IN COMPOSITIONS; LIFE-TIMES; LOW TO HIGHS; LWR FUELS; MAGNITUDE REDUCTIONS; MINOR ACTINIDES; MONTEBURNS; MOX FUELS; NATURAL URANIUMS; ORIGEN2; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RADIOTOXICITY; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; SYNERGISTIC LWR/FAST REACTOR FUEL CYCLES; TOTAL MASSES; WATER REACTORS;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 56949096283     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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