Optimization and simplification of the concept of non-moderated thorium molten salt reactor

International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2008, PHYSOR 08

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1381-1388

  Merle Lucotte, Elsa ^a   Heuer, Daniel ^a   Allibert, Michel ^a   Doligez, Xavier ^a   Ghetta, Véronique ^a   Le Brun, Christian ^a  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FUSED SALTS; THORIUM;

FAST NEUTRON SPECTRUMS; FUEL CYCLE; GENERATION IV; POINT MODELING; THORIUM MOLTEN SALTS;

MOLTEN SALT REACTOR;

EID: 77951093296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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