Published 1995 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Transmutation by particle-fuel reactors

  • 1. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • 2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (United States)

Description

We discuss transmutation of minor actinides (MAs), 99Tc, and 129I by particle-fuel fast reactor. We evaluate the transmutation rates and the transmuted quantities of those nuclides. Also, we calculate the number of neutrons produced by one proton and the required proton beam current when the particle-fuel fast reactor is operated by a proton accelerator. We also discuss the radiation damage to a transmutation system using particle fuel that relies upon the spallation reaction generated by the proton accelerator. We calculate the atomic displacement, the production rates of hydrogen and helium, and energy deposition, varying the keff. (author)

Part of:
ICONE-3: Proceedings of the 3rd JSME/ASME joint international conference on nuclear engineering. Volume 2

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
ICONE-3: Proceedings of the 3rd JSME/ASME joint international conference on nuclear engineering. Volume 2
Imprint Pagination
512 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1101-1106

Conference

Title
3. JSME/ASME joint international conference on nuclear engineering
Acronym
ICONE-3
Dates
23-27 Apr 1995
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

Optional Information

Notes
21 refs., 7 figs., 6 tabs.