The Italy-Japan project. Fundamental research on cold transmutation process for treatment of nuclear wastes

The IJ Project proposes, as the first phase of research, that confirmation of the cold transmutation using radioactive isotopes such as 137Cs, 90Sr, and 135Cs to non-radioactive elements will be implemented based on the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) method. A theoretical background has been given by the TSC-induced nuclear reactions (Proc. ICCF 10). Charge-neutral pseudo-particle of 4d/TSC can become as small as 10 fm radius in its minimum state of squeezing motion, and will make 4D-capture reaction with host metal (or added metal) nuclei in the surface region of permeation (Proc. ICCF 9, 10) samples. Major reaction will be: M(A,Z)+4d/TSC → M(A+8,Z+4)+Q. Theoretical modeling of the process is briefly explained and resulting reaction products, their decays and final stable isotopes are predicted for 137Cs, 90Sr, and 135Cs transmutation. (author)