Published June 28, 1990
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Journal article
The science of fast reactors and why it has been studied
Description
The basic advantage, not to say the raison d'etre of fast neutron reactors, is clear cut. This type of nuclear reactor is the only one which makes possible to use in principle the whole and in practice a large part of the fission energy of natural uranium. By this it is meant the energy which would be released if all nuclei present in natural uranium could be fissioned. Slow neutron reactors in current use today release only a small fraction of the total energy. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A
- Journal Volume
- 331
- Journal Issue
- 1619
- Series
- Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 293-300
- ISSN
- 0080-4614
- CODEN
- PTRMA
Conference
- Title
- Fast-neutron breeder fission reactor discussion meeting.
- Dates
- 24-25 May 1989.
- Place
- London (UK).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 21087963
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY YIELD; FAST NEUTRONS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FISSION; MEV RANGE 01-10; NATURAL URANIUM; URANIUM 238
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BARYONS; BREEDER REACTORS; CONVERSION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FAST REACTORS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; METALS; MEV RANGE; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; URANIUM; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES