From conventional nuclear power reactors to accelerator-driven systems

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Yasin, Zafar ^a   Shahzad, Muhammad Ikram ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEM; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HISTORICAL TRANSITION; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS; NUCLEAR WASTE;

DECELERATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPENT FUELS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 74149084487     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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