Transmutation of long-lived minor actinides and fission products by accelerated protons

摘要

In this report, a methodology is developed to describe theoretically the transmutation of minor actinides (MA) with the help of an accelerator driven subcritical fuel region with high energetic protons of 1.6 GeV and a current of about 100 mA. This methodology is applied to a PHOENIX-type arrangement of fuel containing minor actinides as Am, Np, and also long-lived fission products as I-129 and Tc-99. It is shown that the MA are burnt effectively in such an arrgangement. A balance of the needed energy is made including the energy, given to the net. (orig.) (ERA citation 20:014996)