An Active Target for the Accelerator-Based Transmutation System

Conference · Mon Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.49176· OSTI ID:106875

Grebyonkin, K. F. ^[1]

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1. 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; TRN: 95:006680-0012
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 346; Conference: International Conference on Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technologies and Applications, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 25-29 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of AIP conference on accelerator driven transmutation technologies and applications, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 25-29, 1994; Schriber, S.O.; Arthur, E.; Rodriguez, A.A.; PB: 958 p.; ISSN 0094-243X
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ION BEAM TARGETS
DESIGN
PROTON BEAMS
POWER DEMAND
SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
TRANSMUTATION
BREEDING BLANKETS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Electronuclear Reactor (ENR)
Proton Accelerator
Proton Beam
Thermophysical Experiments
Heavy-Metal Cooled Reactor
Nuclear Fuel Burnup