Advanced Burner Reactors with Breed-and-Burn Thorium Blankets for Improved Economics and Resource Utilization

doi:10.1080/00295450.2017.1337408

Title: Advanced Burner Reactors with Breed-and-Burn Thorium Blankets for Improved Economics and Resource Utilization

Authors:

^[1]; Fratoni, Massimiliano ^[1]; Greenspan, Ehud ^[1]

University of California, Berkeley, 4155 Etcheverry Hall, MC 1730, Berkeley, California 94720-1730

Publication Date:: 2017-07-27

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1574068

Grant/Contract Number:: Office of Nuclear Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Programs

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Nuclear Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nuclear Technology Journal Volume: 199 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450

Publisher:: Informa UK Limited

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Zhang, Guanheng, Fratoni, Massimiliano, and Greenspan, Ehud. Advanced Burner Reactors with Breed-and-Burn Thorium Blankets for Improved Economics and Resource Utilization.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Zhang, Guanheng, Fratoni, Massimiliano, & Greenspan, Ehud. Advanced Burner Reactors with Breed-and-Burn Thorium Blankets for Improved Economics and Resource Utilization.  United States.  doi:10.1080/00295450.2017.1337408.

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                    Zhang, Guanheng, Fratoni, Massimiliano, and Greenspan, Ehud. Thu .  
        "Advanced Burner Reactors with Breed-and-Burn Thorium Blankets for Improved Economics and Resource Utilization".  United States.  doi:10.1080/00295450.2017.1337408.

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  title        = {Advanced Burner Reactors with Breed-and-Burn Thorium Blankets for Improved Economics and Resource Utilization},

  author       = {Zhang, Guanheng and Fratoni, Massimiliano and Greenspan, Ehud},

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  doi          = {10.1080/00295450.2017.1337408},

  journal      = {Nuclear Technology},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 199,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2017},

  month        = {7}

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