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A Subcritical, Helium-Cooled Fast Reactor for the Transmutation of Spent Nuclear Fuel

W. M. StaceyGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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Z. AbbasiGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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C. J. BoydGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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A. H. BridgesGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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E. A. BurgettGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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M. W. CymborGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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S. W. FowlerGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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A. T. JonesGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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R. S. KelmGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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B. J. KernGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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D. B. LassiterGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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J. A. MaddoxGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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W. B. MurphyGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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H. ParkGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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J. M. PoundersGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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J. R. PrestonGeorgia Institute of Technology, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425
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Weston M. Stacey. (2017) Solving the Spent Nuclear Fuel Problem by Fissioning Transuranics in Subcritical Advanced Burner Reactors Driven by Tokamak Fusion Neutron Sources. Nuclear Technology 200:1, pages 15-26.
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W. M. Stacey, W. Van Rooijen, T. Bates, E. Colvin, J. Dion, J. Feener, E. Gayton, D. Gibbs, C. Grennor, J. Head, F. Hope, J. Ireland, A. Johnson, B. Jones, N. Mejias, C. Myers, A. Schmitz, C. Sommer, T. Sumner & L. Tschaepe. (2008) A TRU-Zr Metal-Fuel Sodium-Cooled Fast Subcritical Advanced Burner Reactor. Nuclear Technology 162:1, pages 53-79.
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W. M. Stacey. (2007) Sub-Critical Transmutation Reactors with Tokamak Fusion Neutron Sources Based on ITER Physics and Technology. Fusion Science and Technology 52:3, pages 719-726.
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J.-P. Floyd, S. M. Jones, M. Kato, J. C. Schultz, B. H. Shrader, J. B. Weathers, W. M. Stacey, Z. W. Friis & R. W. Johnson. (2007) Tokamak Fusion Neutron Source for a Fast Transmutation Reactor. Fusion Science and Technology 52:3, pages 727-730.
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W. M. Stacey, K. A. Boakye, S. K. Brashear, A. C. Bryson, K. A. Burns, E. J. Bruch, S. A. Chandler, O. M. Chen, S. S. Chiu, J.-P. Floyd, C. J. Fong, S. P. Hamilton, P. B. Johnson, S. M. Jones, M. Kato, B. A. MacLaren, R. P. Manger, B. L. Meriwether, C. Mitra, K. R. Riggs, B. H. Shrader, J. C. Schulz, C. M. Sommer, T. S. Sumner, J. S. Wagner, J. B. Weathers, C. P. Wells, F. H. Willis, Z. W. Friis, J. I. Marquez-Danian, R. W. Johnson, C. De Oliveira, H. K. Park & D. W. Tedder. (2007) Advances in the Subcritical, Gas-Cooled, Fast Transmutation Reactor Concept. Nuclear Technology 159:1, pages 72-105.
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J. W. Maddox & W. M. Stacey. (2007) Fuel Cycle Analysis of a Subcritical Fast Helium-Cooled Transmutation Reactor with a Fusion Neutron Source. Nuclear Technology 158:1, pages 94-108.
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