A conceptual study of pyroprocessing for recovering actinides from spent oxide fuels

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 581-592

  Yoo, Jae Hyung ^a   Seo, Chung Seok ^a   Kim, Eung Ho ^a   Lee, Han Soo ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Non proliferation; Nuclear fuel cycle; Pyroprocessing; Separation of actinides

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149231160     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.2008.40.7.581     Document Type: Article

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