Proposed partitioning and transmutation of long-lived nuclear wastes

In this paper a means of transmuting key long-lived nuclear wastes, primarily the minor actinides (Np, Am, Cm) and iodine, using a hybrid proton accelerator and sub-critical lattice, is proposed. By partitioning light water reactor (LWR) spent fuel and by transmuting key elements, such as the plutonium, the minor actinides, and a few of the long-loved fission products, some of the most significant challenges in building a waste repository can be substantial reduced. The proposed machine would transmute the minor actinides and the iodine produced by 75 LWRs, and would generate usable electricity (beyond the require to run the large accelerator) of 850 MWe