Proposed partitioning and transmutation of long-lived nuclear wastes

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States)

OSTI ID:5593797

Van Tuyle, G J ^[1]; Rawlins, J A ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

In this paper a means of transmuting key long-lived nuclear wastes, primarily the minor actinides (Np, Am, Cm) and iodine, using a hybrid proton accelerator and sub-critical lattice, is proposed. By partitioning light water reactor (LWR) spent fuel and by transmuting key elements, such as the plutonium, the minor actinides, and a few of the long-loved fission products, some of the most significant challenges in building a waste repository can be substantial reduced. The proposed machine would transmute the minor actinides and the iodine produced by 75 LWRs, and would generate usable electricity (beyond the require to run the large accelerator) of 850 MW{sub e}.

• OSTI ID: 5593797
• Report Number(s): CONF-910774--
• Journal Information: Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States), Journal Name: Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States) Vol. 20; ISSN NUMMB; ISSN 0362-0034
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDES
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BARYONS
CALIFORNIUM
ELECTRICITY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FERMIONS
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUELS
HADRONS
HALOGENS
IODINE
ISOTOPES
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MATERIALS
METALS
NEPTUNIUM
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEONS
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PROTONS
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REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
SPENT FUELS
TRANSMUTATION
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER COOLED REACTORS