Seed and blanket thorium-reprocessed fuel ADS: Multi-cycle approach for higher thorium utilization and TRU transmutation
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Nuclear Energy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0306-4549
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2014.08.025