Cross-comparison of fast reactor concepts with various coolants

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2672-2691

  Hejzlar, Pavel ^a   Todreas, Neil E ^a   Shwageraus, Eugene ^b   Nikiforova, Anna ^a   Petroski, Robert ^a   Driscoll, Michael J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANT TEMPERATURE; COOLANT VOID; CORE DESIGN; CORE POWER DENSITY; DOMINANT FACTOR; ECONOMY OF SCALE; FUEL CYCLE COSTS; GAS REACTORS; LEAD COOLANT; NEUTRONICS; POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS; POWER DENSITIES; REACTIVITY DEVICES; REACTOR CONCEPTS; SODIUM REACTOR; SPECIFIC POWER; SUPERCRITICAL CO; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

ACCIDENTS; FAST REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; LEAD; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

COOLANTS;

EID: 70449659474     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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