Modeling the nuclear fuel cycle

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-141

  Juchau, Christopher A ^a   Dunzik Gougar, Mary Lou ^b   Jacobson, Jacob J ^c  

^a Energy Solutions   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete material tracking; Fuel cycle modeling; Fuel cycle optimization

Indexed keywords

FUELS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATE UNCERTAINTIES; DISCRETE MATERIAL; DOMESTIC ASSESSMENTS; FUEL CYCLE; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE SYSTEMS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 77956157042     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT171-136     Document Type: Article

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