(Pu, Zr)N annular fuel peiets shaped by. direct coagulation casting

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 741-744

  Streit, Mareo ^a   Ingold, Franz ^a   Gauckler, Luiwig J ^b   Ottaviani, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CE Cadarache   (France)

Author keywords

(Pu, Zr)N; DCC; Direct coagulation casting; Plutonium zirconium nitride

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010589376     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875573     Document Type: Article

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