Abstract
The world's growing need for safe, reliable, and long-term energy sources has intensified the research being conducted in the development of nuclear power. The operation of power reactors is contingent upon the continued availability of the fissile material required to maintain a critic a l reactor. The only naturally occuring fissile material is an isotope of uranium, U-235, which only accounts for 0.76 percent of the uranium that is mined. Due to the relative scarcity of this important fissile material it is estimated the United States' sources of economically recoverable fissile material will be delinquished with in about twenty-five years.^1
Degree
MS
College and Department
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Mechanical Engineering
Rights
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Jensen, Ray Leland, "An Improved Fission Product Pressure Model for Use in the Venus-II Disassembly Code" (1976). Theses and Dissertations. 7139.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7139
Date Submitted
1976-4
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/Letd34
Keywords
Nuclear reactors — Computer programs, Nuclear reactors — Safety measures, Fast reactors
Language
English