Recent research of thorium molten-salt reactor from a sustainability viewpoint

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2399-2418

  Kamei, Takashi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Externality; Molten salt reactor; Rare earth; Small modular reactor; Thorium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872397144     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4102399     Document Type: Article

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