A Fusion Transmutation of Waste Reactor

Stacey, Weston M.; Mandrekas, John; Hoffman, E. A. (Elisha Albright); Kessler, G. P.; Kirby, C. M.; Mauer, A. N.; Noble, J. J.; Stopp, D. M.; Ulevich, D. S.

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A Fusion Transmutation of Waste Reactor

dc.contributor.author	Stacey, Weston M.
dc.contributor.author	Mandrekas, John
dc.contributor.author	Hoffman, E. A. (Elisha Albright)
dc.contributor.author	Kessler, G. P.
dc.contributor.author	Kirby, C. M.
dc.contributor.author	Mauer, A. N.
dc.contributor.author	Noble, J. J.
dc.contributor.author	Stopp, D. M.
dc.contributor.author	Ulevich, D. S.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-04-13T15:06:51Z
dc.date.available	2006-04-13T15:06:51Z
dc.date.issued	2002-03
dc.description	Reprinted by permission of American Nuclear Society	en
dc.description.abstract	A design concept and the performance characteristics for a fusion transmutation of waste reactor (FTWR)—a sub-critical fast reactor driven by a tokamak fusion neutron source--are presented. The present design concept is based on nuclear, processing and fusion technologies that either exist or are at an advanced stage of development and on the existing tokamak plasma physics database. A FTWR, operating with k[subscript eff] ≤ 0.95 at a thermal power output of about 3 GW and with a fusion neutron source operating at Q [subscript p] = 1.5-2, could fission the transuranic content of about a hundred metric tons of spent nuclear fuel per full-power-year and would be self-sufficient in both electricity and tritium production. In equilibrium, a nuclear fleet consisting of LWRs and FTWRs in the electrical power ratio of 3/1 would reduce the actinides discharged from the LWRs in a once-through fuel cycle by 99.4% in the waste stream that must be stored in high-level waste repositories.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Published in: Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 41, no. 2 (March 2002) p. 116-140
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/9281
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en
dc.publisher.original	American Nuclear Society
dc.subject	Fusion neutron sources
dc.subject	Fusion transmutation of waste reactors (FTWR)
dc.subject	Transmutation of transuranics in spent nuclear fuel
dc.subject	Tokamaks
dc.title	A Fusion Transmutation of Waste Reactor	en
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local.contributor.author	Stacey, Weston M.
local.contributor.corporatename	George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename	Fusion Research Center
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