Conceptual core design of Advanced Recycling Reactor based on mature technologies

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2318-2328

  Ikeda, Kazumi ^a   Stein, Kim O ^b   Nakazato, Wataru ^c   Mito, Makoto ^a  

^a Jingumae   (Japan)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING RATIO; CLADDING THICKNESS; CLOSED FUEL CYCLES; CONVERSION RATIO; CORE DESIGN; FUEL CYCLE; HEAT RATE; LARGE STRUCTURES; NUCLEAR CALCULATIONS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION; REACTIVITY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SET DESIGN; SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTOR; TECHNOLOGY READINESS; TRANSURANICS; TUBE WALLS; URANIUM OXIDES; VOID REACTIVITY;

DESIGN; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SODIUM; TECHNOLOGY; URANIUM;

RECYCLING;

EID: 79957774026     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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