Transmutation missions for fusion neutron sources

Stacey, Weston M.

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Transmutation missions for fusion neutron sources

dc.contributor.author	Stacey, Weston M.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-04-14T20:33:51Z
dc.date.available	2006-04-14T20:33:51Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description	Reprinted by permission of Elsevier	en
dc.description.abstract	There are a number of potential neutron transmutation missions (destruction of long-lived radioisotopes in spent nuclear fuel, ‘disposal’ of surplus weapons grade plutonium, ‘breeding’ of fissile nuclear fuel) that perhaps best can be performed in sub-critical nuclear reactors driven by a neutron source. The requirements on a tokamak fusion neutron source for such transmutation missions are significantly less demanding than for commercial electrical power production. A tokamak fusion neutron source based on the current physics and technology database (ITER design base) would meet the needs of the spent nuclear fuel transmutation mission; the technical issue would be achieving ≥ 50% availability, which would require advances in component reliability and in steady-state physics operation.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Submitted to: Fusion Engineering and Design	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/9310
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en
dc.publisher.original	Elsevier
dc.subject	Sub-critical reactors
dc.subject	Transmutation of transuranics in spent nuclear fuel
dc.subject	Breeding of fissile nuclear fuel
dc.subject	Destruction of long-lived radioisotopes in spent nuclear fuel
dc.subject	Technical issues of neutron transmutation missions
dc.subject	Neutron transmutation missions
dc.subject	Disposal of surplus weapons grade plutonium
dc.subject	Neutrons
dc.title	Transmutation missions for fusion neutron sources	en
dc.type	Text
dc.type.genre	Pre-print
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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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