On the proliferation issues of a fusion fission fuel factory using a molten salt

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2988-2993

  Vanderhaegen, Matthias ^a   Janssens Maenhout, Greet ^a,c   Peerani, Paolo ^c   Poucet, André ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLANKET DESIGNS; BURN UP; D-T FUSION; FIRST WALL; FISSILE MATERIALS; FUEL CYCLE; FUSION-FISSION; IMPURITY LEVEL; ITER DESIGN; LITHIUM-LEAD; MOLTEN SALT; MONTE CARLO CODES; POWER PLANT CONCEPTUAL STUDIES; SUPER-GRADE;

ACTINIDES; BREEDING BLANKETS; FUSED SALTS; FUSION REACTIONS; LITHIUM; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; REACTION RATES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRITIUM;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 77957704558     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.06.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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