A moderated target design for minor actinide transmutation in sodium-cooled fast reactor

Park, Tongkyu; Lin, Ching-Sheng; Yang, Won Sik

doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2016.08.003

Title: A moderated target design for minor actinide transmutation in sodium-cooled fast reactor

Authors:: Park, Tongkyu; Lin, Ching-Sheng; Yang, Won Sik

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1396979

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Annals of Nuclear Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Annals of Nuclear Energy Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Park, Tongkyu, Lin, Ching-Sheng, and Yang, Won Sik. A moderated target design for minor actinide transmutation in sodium-cooled fast reactor.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Park, Tongkyu, Lin, Ching-Sheng, & Yang, Won Sik. A moderated target design for minor actinide transmutation in sodium-cooled fast reactor.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2016.08.003

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"A moderated target design for minor actinide transmutation in sodium-cooled fast reactor".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2016.08.003.

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  title        = {A moderated target design for minor actinide transmutation in sodium-cooled fast reactor},

  author       = {Park, Tongkyu and Lin, Ching-Sheng and Yang, Won Sik},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.anucene.2016.08.003},

  journal      = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},

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  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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