Preliminary core characterization of a Generation IV lead fast reactor DEMO: Goals, design rationales and options

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1806-1812

  Bortot, Sara ^a   Artioli, Carlo ^b   Grasso, Giacomo ^c   Peluso, Vincenzo ^b   Ricotti, Marco E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Core design approach; Demonstrative LFR; ELSY

Indexed keywords

COOLANT VELOCITY; COOLED SYSTEMS; CORE CONFIGURATION; CORE DESIGN; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; DEMONSTRATION REACTOR; DESIGN RATIONALE; GENERATION IV; JEFF-3.1; LEAD COOLED FAST REACTOR; LEAD TECHNOLOGIES; NEUTRONICS; NUCLEAR DATA LIBRARY; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; POSTERIORI; POWER DENSITIES; SMALL SIZE; TECHNOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COOLANTS; FAST REACTORS;

LEAD;

EID: 77955338007     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.02.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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