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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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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE95000815; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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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.