Once-through thorium fuel cycle options for the advanced PWR core

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2000 - ANS International Topical Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics and Mathematics and Computation into the Next Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Kim, Myung Hyun ^a   Woo, Il Tak ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUELS; OXIDE MINERALS; SPENT FUELS; THORIUM; THORIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCALOY;

ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; FUEL CYCLE ECONOMICS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE; SEED BLANKET UNIT; THORIUM FUEL CYCLES; TOXICITY REDUCTION;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 84885241766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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5. Myung-Hyun Kim, Il-Tak Woo and Hyung-Kook Joo, "Advanced PWR Core Concept with Once-Through Thorium Fuel Cycle," Proceedings of International Conference on Future Nuclear System, Global'99, Jackson Hole, WY, U.S.A., (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1999).