TRU burning by dual tier system of LWR-SFR

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 902-908

  Ikeda, Kazumi ^a,b   Sekimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Jingumae   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closed fuel cycle; Dual tier; LWR mixed oxide fuel; Sodium cooled fast reactor; TRU burning

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FUEL CYCLES; DUAL TIER; MIXED OXIDE; SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTOR; TRU BURNING;

COMBUSTION; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; MODERATORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REACTOR CORES; SODIUM; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 80054064896     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2011.05.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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