Abstract
ECN is engaged in a research programme on transmutation of actinides and fission products by mean of fission and neutron capture respectively. Besides studies on strategy and scenarios, efforts are made to demonstrate possibilities for transmutation of long-lived fission products as Tc-99 and I-129.Global scenario studies on light water power reactors show that in principle such reactors could consume their own technetium production through neutron capture only when some surplus of technetium is situated in the core. If the Tc would be homogeneously mixed through the LWR fuel, the inventory of Tc would be too high to be practical in present scenarios for reprocessing this fuel. For inhomogeneous combinations of waste and fuel, the inventory would have to be even higher, and in general it can be stated that problems with reactor based incineration are complicated whereas only marginal advantages are to be expected. Therefore incineration schedules have been studied, which use an inventory as low as possible, and which would involve a high flux thermal neutron field. (author). 12 refs.; 2 figs.; 1 tab.
Abrahams, K
[1]
- Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), Petten (Netherlands)
Citation Formats
Abrahams, K.
Minimizing the integrated collective radiation dose and the transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste.
Netherlands: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Abrahams, K.
Minimizing the integrated collective radiation dose and the transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste.
Netherlands.
Abrahams, K.
1992.
"Minimizing the integrated collective radiation dose and the transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste."
Netherlands.
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title = {Minimizing the integrated collective radiation dose and the transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste}
author = {Abrahams, K}
abstractNote = {ECN is engaged in a research programme on transmutation of actinides and fission products by mean of fission and neutron capture respectively. Besides studies on strategy and scenarios, efforts are made to demonstrate possibilities for transmutation of long-lived fission products as Tc-99 and I-129.Global scenario studies on light water power reactors show that in principle such reactors could consume their own technetium production through neutron capture only when some surplus of technetium is situated in the core. If the Tc would be homogeneously mixed through the LWR fuel, the inventory of Tc would be too high to be practical in present scenarios for reprocessing this fuel. For inhomogeneous combinations of waste and fuel, the inventory would have to be even higher, and in general it can be stated that problems with reactor based incineration are complicated whereas only marginal advantages are to be expected. Therefore incineration schedules have been studied, which use an inventory as low as possible, and which would involve a high flux thermal neutron field. (author). 12 refs.; 2 figs.; 1 tab.}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1992}
month = {May}
}
title = {Minimizing the integrated collective radiation dose and the transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste}
author = {Abrahams, K}
abstractNote = {ECN is engaged in a research programme on transmutation of actinides and fission products by mean of fission and neutron capture respectively. Besides studies on strategy and scenarios, efforts are made to demonstrate possibilities for transmutation of long-lived fission products as Tc-99 and I-129.Global scenario studies on light water power reactors show that in principle such reactors could consume their own technetium production through neutron capture only when some surplus of technetium is situated in the core. If the Tc would be homogeneously mixed through the LWR fuel, the inventory of Tc would be too high to be practical in present scenarios for reprocessing this fuel. For inhomogeneous combinations of waste and fuel, the inventory would have to be even higher, and in general it can be stated that problems with reactor based incineration are complicated whereas only marginal advantages are to be expected. Therefore incineration schedules have been studied, which use an inventory as low as possible, and which would involve a high flux thermal neutron field. (author). 12 refs.; 2 figs.; 1 tab.}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1992}
month = {May}
}