Thorium Molten-Salt Nuclear Energy Synergetics (THORIMS-NES) for the huge size fission industry

American Nuclear Society - 4th Topical Meeting on Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management 2009, ANFM IV

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 968-982

  Kamei, Takashi ^a   Kato, Yoshio ^b   Mitachi, Koshi ^c   Shimazu, Yoichiro ^d   Yoshioka, Ritsuo ^e   Furukawa, Kazuo ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b International Thorium Molten Salt Forum   (Japan)

^c TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Japan Functional Safety Laboratory   (Japan)

^f International Thorium Molten Salt Forum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Molten Salt reactor; Thorium fuel cycle

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESSING FACILITIES; FERTILE MATERIALS; FUEL CYCLE; LOW CARBON; MASS BALANCE; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER STATION; NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION; NUCLEAR SYSTEMS; SYNERGETICS; THORIUM CYCLES; THORIUM FUELS; URANIUM BASED FUEL;

BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THORIUM; URANIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FUELS;

EID: 74549198381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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