Neutronics of accelerator-driven subcritical fission for burning transuranics in used nuclear fuel Conference Paper

abstract

• We report the development of a conceptual design for accelerator-driven subcritical fission in a molten salt core (ADSMS). ADSMS is capable of destroying all of the transuranics at the same rate and proportion as they are produced in a conventional nuclear power plant. The ADSMS core is fueled solely by transuranics extracted from used nuclear fuel and reduces its radiotoxicity by a factor 10,000. ADSMS offers a way to close the nuclear fuel cycle so that the full energy potential in the fertile fuels uranium and thorium can be recovered. 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

name of conference

• APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY: Twenty-Second International Conference

authors

• Mcintyre, Peter
• Tsvetkov, Pavel

published proceedings

• AIP Conference Proceedings

author list (cited authors)

• Sattarov, A., Assadi, S., Badgley, K., Baty, A., Comeaux, J., Gerity, J., ... Mann, T.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Sattarov, A||Assadi, S||Badgley, K||Baty, A||Comeaux, J||Gerity, J||Kellams, J||Mcintyre, P||Pogue, N||Sooby, E||Tsvetkov, P||Rosaire, G||Mann, T

publication date

• April 2013

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• AIP Conference Proceedings  Journal

keywords

• 7 Affordable And Clean Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.4802328

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780735411487

start page

• 245

end page

• 250

volume

• 1525

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1063%2F1.4802328

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy