Light water breeding with nitride fuel

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 862-866

  Feng, Bo ^a   Shwageraus, Eugene ^a   Forget, Benoit ^a   Kazimi, Mujid S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Light water reactor; Nitride fuel; RBWR

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BREEDING RATIO; LIGHT WATER; METAL RATIO; NITRIDE FUEL; RBWR; SCOPING;

BOILING WATER REACTORS; HEAVY METALS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NITRIDES; WATER RESOURCES;

FUELS;

EID: 80054059082     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2011.06.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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