Flexible conversion ratio lead cooled reactor design

International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2008, PHYSOR 08

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 2427-2434

  Shwageraus, Eugene ^a   Hejzlar, Pavel ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; FAST REACTORS;

LEAD COOLED FAST REACTOR; LEAD-COOLED REACTOR; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; POWER PEAKING FACTOR; REACTIVITY CONTROL; REACTIVITY FEEDBACK; SELF-SUSTAINABLE; TRANSURANIC ACTINIDES;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 79953839421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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