The reactor physics characteristics of a transuranic mixed oxide fuel in a heavy water moderated reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3768-3776

  Morreale, A C ^a   Garland, W J ^a   Novog, D R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; ACTINIDE MATERIALS; BURN UP; CANDU REACTOR; FAST SPECTRUM REACTORS; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL DESIGN; FUEL LATTICES; FULL-CORE; GROUP PROPERTIES; KEY COMPONENT; MOX FUEL; NATURAL URANIUM; NORMAL OPERATIONS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; REACTOR PHYSICS; REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; SPENT FUEL REPOSITORIES; THERMAL REACTORS; TIME AVERAGES; WATER-MODERATED REACTORS;

EXTRACTION; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; HEAVY WATER; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 80052629782     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.07.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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