Approaches to the RAW (Actinides, Fission Products) transmutation in fusion blankets
- ENTEK-RDIPE, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Within the framework of developing the general concept of large-scale environmentally safe use of nuclear reactor energy RDIPE, executes research of ways to radically decrease the hazard of high-level radioactive wastes (actinides, fission products) to be buried into the Earth. The opportunities are appreciated for replacement and transmutation of RAW fractions and nuclides into nuclear reactor with various spectrum at various irradiation regime, including specialized reactor with utmost parameters and blankets of fusion and linac-driven reactors. The results indicate on expediency of transmutation of actinides in fast reactor in closed fuel cycle. As to fission products, one part of them can be used in radiative technologies (Cs, Sr) or reused in reactor (Zr), other part (Sm, I, Tc) can be transmuted into power-generating reactor, so that together with other after long-time (200-300 years) controllable cooling to be bured into the Earth. In blanket the considerable influence on result of actinide irradiation can are rendered by the fast neutrons (fusion ones in the case of thermonuclear reactor or spalation ones in accelerator driven machine), the threshold reactions of (n,f), (n,2n), (n,3n) and etc. The fusion reactor has wide enough opportunities to form spectrum of neutrons, optimum for reactions (n,f), (n;{gamma}), (n,2n), including threshold ones, as well as the replacement of mass of several tons of RAW are technically possible. However, at fast neutron spectrum light actinide isotopes (U-232, Pu-236) are produced in quantities on 2-3 order up then in the case of fission reactor, but at softer one the probabilities of threshold reactions of even nuclei are reduced. This scheme in general permits to ensure the completion of radiative equivalence of uranium taken from the Earth, and appropriate RAW, directed into the Earth.
- OSTI ID:
- 197118
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940664-; TRN: 95:005767-0296
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ISFNT-3: international symposium on fusion nuclear technology, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 27 Jun - 1 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Third international symposium on fusion nuclear technology; PB: 362 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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