Betancourt et al., 2021 - Google Patents
Mixed-oxide fuel strategies in an integral pressurized water reactorBetancourt et al., 2021
- Document ID
- 2622357763557803408
- Author
- Betancourt M
- Hernández C
- Dominguez D
- Mazaira L
- Brayner C
- García J
- Iglesias S
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Progress in Nuclear Energy
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The integral pressurized water reactor (iPWR) will play an important role in nuclear energy development considering its outstanding safety features. To achieve high proliferation resistance, extended fuel cycles have been proposed. Other important issues to achieve …
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