Criticality investigations for the fixed bed nuclear reactor using thorium fuel mixed with plutonium or minor actinides

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1032-1038

  Şahin, Sümer ^a   Şahin, Haci Mehmet ^b   Acir, Adem ^b   Al Kusayer, Tawfik Ahmed ^c  

^a Beykoz Lojistik Meslek Yüksekokulu ^*  (Turkey)

^b Beykoz Lojistik Meslek Yüksekokulu   (Turkey)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING MATERIALS; CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS; FIXED BED; FUEL COST; HIGH QUALITY; IN-SITU; LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM; MINOR ACTINIDE; MIXED FUEL; NEUTRON ECONOMY; NEUTRON ENERGY; NUCLEAR WASTE; SCALE-5; THORIUM FUELS; URANIUM FUELS;

ACTINIDES; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); FUEL ECONOMY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATERIALS HANDLING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; PLUTONIUM; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; SPENT FUELS; THORIUM; URANIUM; URANIUM POWDER METALLURGY;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 67749091095     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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