Neutronic and nonproliferation characteristics of (PuO2-UO2) and (PuO2-ThO2) as fast reactor fuels

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1916-1924

  Chirayath, Sunil Sunny ^a   Hollenbeck, Gordon ^a   Ragusa, Jean ^a   Nelson, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BREEDING RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL CORE; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COOLANT TEMPERATURE; CORE DESIGN; CORE PHYSICS; DOSE RATE; EQUILIBRIUM CORE; FAST BREEDER REACTORS; FISSILE MATERIALS; FUEL BURN-UPS; FUEL TEMPERATURE; GAMMA EMISSION; MOX FUEL; NEUTRON MULTIPLICATION; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NEUTRONIC CODES; NEUTRONICS; NUCLEAR MATERIAL; ORIGEN2; PERL SCRIPTS; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE; SODIUM EXPANSION; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; SUB-ASSEMBLY; THERMAL POWER;

AMERICIUM; BREEDER REACTORS; CURIUM; DOPPLER EFFECT; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; NEPTUNIUM; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; PLUTONIUM; POWER SPECTRUM; RESEARCH; SODIUM; SPENT FUELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 68349090361     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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