Optimization of a seed and blanket thorium-uranium fuel cycle for pressurized water reactors

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 2003. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194). === A heterogeneous LWR core design, which employs a thorium/uranium once through fuel cycle, is optimized for good economics, wide safety margins, minima...

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Main Author: Wang, Dean, 1971-
Other Authors: Mujid S. Kazimi and Michael J. Driscoll.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29956