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Neutronic Analyses of the Trade Demonstration Facility

Journal Article · · Nuclear Science and Engineering
OSTI ID:20808378
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  1. ENEA/Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie (Italy)
  2. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique/Cadarache (France)
  3. CERN/ European Organization for Nuclear Research (Switzerland)
  4. Argonne National Laboratory-West (United States)
The TRiga Accelerator-Driven Experiment (TRADE), to be performed in the TRIGA reactor of the ENEA-Casaccia Centre in Italy, consists of the coupling of an external proton accelerator to a target to be installed in the central channel of the reactor scrammed to subcriticality. This pilot experiment, aimed at a global demonstration of the accelerator-driven system concept, is based on an original idea of C. Rubbia. The present paper reports the results of some neutronic analyses focused on the feasibility of TRADE. Results show that all relevant experiments (at different power levels in a wide range of subcriticalities) can be carried out with relatively limited modifications to the present TRIGA reactor.
OSTI ID:
20808378
Journal Information:
Nuclear Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Nuclear Science and Engineering Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 148; ISSN NSENAO; ISSN 0029-5639
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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