The physics design of accelerator-driven transmutation systems

Conference · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.49147· OSTI ID:106873

Venneri, F ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)

Nuclear systems under study in the Los Alamos Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technology program (ADTT) will allow the destruction of nuclear spent fuel and weapons-return plutonium, as well as the production of nuclear energy from the thorium cycle, without a long-lived radioactive waste stream. The subcritical systems proposed represent a radical departure from traditional nuclear concepts (reactors), yet the actual implementation of ADTT systems is based on modest extrapolations of existing technology. These systems strive to keep the best that the nuclear technology has developed over the years, within a sensible conservative design envelope and eventually manage to offer a safe, less expensive and more environmentally sound approach to nuclear power.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• OSTI ID: 106873
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--95-1792; CONF-9407103--; ON: DE95014018
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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