Analysis of a sustainable gas cooled fast breeder reactor concept

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-259

  Kumar, Akansha ^a   Chirayath, Sunil S ^a   Tsvetkov, Pavel V ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding ratio; Helium cooled fast reactor; Intermediate fast reactor; Thorium; Thorium breeder

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FAST REACTORS; FUELS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BREEDING RATIO; CONTROL ROD WORTH; FAST BREEDER REACTORS; HELIUM COOLED; INTERMEDIATE ENERGY RANGE; MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODE; REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; THEORETICAL EVALUATION;

THORIUM;

EID: 84896518884     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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