Thorium MSR as a small-scale energy source - Opportunities for Japan

ASME 2011 Small Modular Reactors Symposium, SMR 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 211-220

  Kamei, Takashi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global warming; Massbalance; Molten salt reactor (MSR); Thorium

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM; FISSIONABLE ISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; MASS BALANCE; MOLTEN-SALT REACTOR (MSR); QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS;

GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THORIUM;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 84881417783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/SMR2011-6655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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