ANALYSIS OF HIGH BURNUP PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR FUEL USING URANIUM, PLUTONIUM, NEODYMIUM, AND CESIUM ISOTOPE CORRELATIONS WITH BURNUP |
KIM, JUNG SUK
(Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
JEON, YOUNG SHIN (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) PARK, SOON DAL (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) HA, YEONG-KEONG (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) SONG, KYUSEOK (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) |
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