Molten salt reactors: A new beginning for an old idea

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 853-863

  LeBlanc, David ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Valley Research Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING RATIO; CENTRAL CORE; FUEL PROCESSING; GENERATION IV REACTORS; LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM; MODE OF OPERATIONS; MOLTEN SALT; MOLTEN SALT BREEDER REACTORS; MOLTEN SALT REACTOR; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; SENSITIVE MATERIALS; START-UPS; TWO-FLUID;

BREEDER REACTORS; DESIGN; FLUIDS; FUSED SALTS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PLUTONIUM; SALT REMOVAL; URANIUM;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

EID: 77952822184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE17-75388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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