An Active Target for the Accelerator-Based Transmutation System
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Institute of Technical Physics, Chelyabinsk Oblast (Russia)
Consideration is given to the possibility of radical reduction in power requirements to the proton accelerator of the electronuclear reactor due to neutron multiplication both in the blanket and the target of an active material. The target is supposed to have the fast-neutron spectrum, and the blanket - the thermal one. The blanket and the target are separated by the thermal neutron absorber, which is responsible for the neutron decoupling of the active target and blanket. Also made are preliminary estimations which illustrate that the realization of the idea under consideration can lead to significant reduction in power requirements to the proton beam and hence considerably improve economic characteristics of the electronuclear reactor.
- Research Organization:
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Institute of Technical Physics, Chelyabinsk Oblast (Russia)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 106875
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--95-1792; CONF-9407103--; ON: DE95014018
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 346; ISSN 0094-243X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BREEDING BLANKETS
DESIGN
Electronuclear Reactor (ENR)
Heavy-Metal Cooled Reactor
ION BEAM TARGETS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Nuclear Fuel Burnup
POWER DEMAND
PROTON BEAMS
Proton Accelerator
Proton Beam
SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
TRANSMUTATION
Thermophysical Experiments