Alternative way to dispose of high-level waste in outer space
Description
We propose a new approach to dispose of Long-Lived Fission Products (LLFPs) of type II such as 99 Tc and 129I into outer solar space by providing an escape velocity from the solar system of 42 km/sec from a parking orbit or the moon's surface using a electrostatic accelerator and neutralizing the charged ions. LLFPs disposed uniformly in outer solar space pose no hazard as do LLFPs packages in Earth orbit, and have no effects on astronomical observations. This mode of disposition requires energy in the order of 1 keV for each nucleus, which is far smaller than the propulsion energy needed for launching a LLFPs package by rocket. Further, the power required of an accelerator ejecting most of the LLFPs generated by one LWR is 2.2 kW, which is much smaller than a medium-energy proton accelerator, a few tens of MW, which would be necessary to transmute these LLFPs using spallation neutrons created by protons
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 8 p.
- Report number
- BNL--60851
Conference
- Title
- 12. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion.
- Dates
- 8-12 Jan 1995.
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 26045393
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FISSION PRODUCTS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; INTERGALACTIC SPACE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TRANSPORTATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPACE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract AC02-76CH00016
- Funding organization
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-950110--4.