• Title of article

    Advancedfueldesignsforexistingandfuturegenerationsofreactors:drivingfactorsfromtechnicalandeconomicpointsofviewOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    KevinHesketh، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    16
  • From page
    277
  • To page
    292
  • Abstract
    Thispaperreviewsthecurrentstateofadvancedfuelresearchanddevelopmentandconsidersadvancedfueldevelopmentworkinthecontextofthetechnicalandeconomicdrivers.Thescopeencompassesevolutionarydevelopmentforexistinglightwaterreactors(LWRs),radicaldevelopmentsforLWRs,mostofwhicharefocusedonmoreefficientplutoniumconsumptionandonlongertermdevelopmentsinrelationtothermalandfastreactorfuels.Thereviewconcludesthatthereisagapbetweennear-termresearchanddevelopmenttosupportutilitiesandthelong-termworkthatfocusesongoalssuchasimprovedplutoniumutilisation,wastereduction,improvedproliferationresistanceandstrategicindependence.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894520