Design, analysis and development of the modular PB-AHTR

International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 161-178

  Bardet, Philippe ^a   Blandford, Edward ^a   Fratoni, Massimiliano ^a   Niquille, Aurelie ^a   Greenspan, Ehud ^a   Peterson, Per F ^b  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED HIGH-TEMPERATURE REACTORS; CHEMICAL INERTNESS; CORE POWER DENSITY; DEVELOPMENT PLANS; GENERATION IV; HIGH BOILING TEMPERATURES; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGH POWER DENSITY; LOW PRESSURES; MODULAR HELIUM REACTORS; PEBBLE BEDS; POWER OUT PUT; PROGRESS REPORT; REACTOR COOLANTS; THERMOPHYSICAL; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COOLANTS; DESIGN; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; SALTS; SCHEDULING;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 70349915705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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