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FUJI: a comparative irradiation test with pellet, Sphere-Pac, and Vipac Fuels

Hellwig et al., 2006

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12862327587599221820
Author
Hellwig C
Bakker K
Ozawa T
Nakamura M
Ingold F
Nordström L
Kihara Y
Publication year
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Nuclear science and engineering

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Particle fuels such as sphere-pac and vipac have been considered as promising fuel systems for fast reactors because of their inherent potential in remote operation, cost reduction, and incineration of minor actinides or low-decontaminated plutonium. The FUJI …
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