Lessons learned from dynamic simulations of advanced fuel cycles

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 575-594

  Piet, Steven J ^a   Dixon, Brent W ^a   Jacobson, Jacob J ^a   Matthern, Gretchen E ^a   Shropshire, David E ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear fuel cycle; Recycling; Spent nuclear fuel; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE; ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; FUEL CYCLE; LESSONS LEARNED; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; ONCE-THROUGH FUEL CYCLE; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR CORES; RECYCLING; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74549209728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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