Economy of uranium resources in a three-component reactor fleet with mixed thorium/uranium fuel cycles

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-408

  Wilson, J N ^a   Bidaud, A ^b   Capellan, N ^a   Chambon, R ^b   David, S ^a   Guillemin, P ^b   Ivanov, E ^c   Nuttin, A ^b   Meplan, O ^a  

^a 91405 Orsay Campus   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; BOILING WATER REACTORS; FUEL ECONOMY; PLUTONIUM; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM; WATER RESOURCES;

ADVANCED BOILING WATER REACTORS; ASSEMBLY LEVELS; BREEDING RATIOS; BURN-UP; FISSILE MATERIALS; FUEL CYCLES; MASS FLOWS; MINOR ACTINIDES; NUCLEAR POWER; PRESSURIZED WATERS; REACTOR DESIGNS; REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES; THIRD COMPONENTS; THREE COMPONENTS; THREE-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; URANIUM RESOURCES; WATER REACTORS; WATER-BASED;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 61349087266     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2008.11.037     Document Type: Article

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