Recycling heterogeneous americium targets in a boiling water reactor

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-264

  Ivan Maldonado, G ^a   Galloway, Jack ^a   Hernandez, Hermilo ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN TOOL; ELSEVIER; FISSION CROSS SECTION; FUEL MANAGEMENT; FUEL PINS; HEAT LOADS; IN-CORE; LOADING OPTIMIZATION; LONG TERM; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPERATIONAL CYCLE; RESIDENCE TIME; SPENT FUEL REPOSITORIES; THERMAL NEUTRONS; URANIUM OXIDES; WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRICS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS; ELECTRIC TOOLS; FUELS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INCINERATION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; LOADING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SPENT FUELS; THERMAL LOAD; THREE DIMENSIONAL; URANIUM; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

AMERICIUM;

EID: 74149085589     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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