Liquid fluoride thorium reactors

American Scientist

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-313

  Hargraves, Robert ^a,c   Moir, Ralph ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLUORIDE; GRAPHITE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; URANIUM;

EID: 77954523061     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2010.85.304     Document Type: Article

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