A Tokamak Neutron Source for FFH Based on Iter Physics and Technology

Stacey, Weston M.

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A Tokamak Neutron Source for FFH Based on Iter Physics and Technology

dc.contributor.author	Stacey, Weston M.
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Physics
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. Fusion Research Center
dc.date.accessioned	2010-05-26T17:48:59Z
dc.date.available	2010-05-26T17:48:59Z
dc.date.issued	2009-10-16
dc.description.abstract	Over the past decade the group at Georgia Tech has examined (Refs. 1-16) the application of a tokamak D-T fusion neutron source, based (insofar as possible) on the physics and technology of ITER, that could drive a sub-critical fast transmutation (burner) reactor fueled with the transuranics (TRU) from spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The purpose of such a reactor would be to stabilize the accumulation of spent fuel being discharged from LWRs by fissioning the TRU in SNF to significantly reduce the number of high-level-waste storage repositories required. Both gas-cooled reactors operating on a "burn and bury" non-reprocessing fuel cycle with TRISO TRU fuel (GCFTR) and liquid metal cooled reactors (SABR, FTWR) operating on a “reprocessing” fuel cycle with TRU metallic fuel have been considered, all driven by essentially the same tokamak neutron source. Determination of the required neutron source parameters for the SABR design is discussed here.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/33409
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.subject	Tokamak neutron source	en_US
dc.subject	Transmutation reactors	en_US
dc.subject	ITER	en_US
dc.subject	Transuranics	en_US
dc.title	A Tokamak Neutron Source for FFH Based on Iter Physics and Technology	en_US
dc.title.alternative	A Tokamak Neutron Source for Hybrids
dc.type	Text
dc.type.genre	Working Paper
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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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