Neutronic analysis of hydride fueled PWR cores

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1425-1441

  Ganda, Francesco ^a   Greenspan, Ehud ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY CALCULATION; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BURN UP; BURNABLE POISONS; COOLANT TEMPERATURE; DESIGN SPACES; DISCHARGE BURN-UP; ENRICHED URANIUM; FUEL RODS; FUEL TEMPERATURE; HYDRIDE FUEL; NEUTRONIC; NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR; OUTER DIAMETERS; OXIDE FUELS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE; THORIUM HYDRIDE; UNIT CELLS; VOID REACTIVITY COEFFICIENT;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

FUELS;

EID: 67349164280     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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