Thorium-based fuel cycles: Reassessment of fuel economics and proliferation risk

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-113

  Serfontein, Dawid E ^a   Mulder, Eben J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; COSTS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; MIXTURES; PROVEN RESERVES; RADIOACTIVITY; SPENT FUELS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CHEMICAL REPROCESSING; CHEMICAL SEPARATION; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; FISSION CROSS SECTION; NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE; PROLIFERATION RISKS; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 84899415752     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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