Fuel residence time in BWRs with nitride fuels

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-191

  Zakova, Jitka ^a   Wallenius, Janne ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BWR; Enrichment; Fuel cycle; Neutronics; Uranium nitride

Indexed keywords

BEGINNING OF LIVES; BURNABLE POISONS; BWR; ECONOMIC INTERESTS; FUEL CYCLE; NEUTRONICS; NEUTRONICS STUDY; NITRIDE FUEL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATORS; OXIDE FUELS; RESIDENCE TIME; URANIUM CONTENTS; URANIUM NITRIDE;

BLAST ENRICHMENT; NITRIDES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

FUELS;

EID: 84861828049     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2012.03.033     Document Type: Article

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