A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDY AND EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT OF AN ACCELERATORDRIVEN REACTOR SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSMUTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE

Authors
KAZARITSKY VD BLAGOVOLIN PP OKHLOPKOV ML MLADOV VR BATYAEV VF SELIVERSTOV VV STRAKHOV EB VOLK VI VAKHRUSHIN AY ZAVADSKY MI ILINA ZG PETRIN SV FOMUSHKIN EF
Citation
Vd. Kazaritsky et al., A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDY AND EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT OF AN ACCELERATORDRIVEN REACTOR SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSMUTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 414(1), 1998, pp. 21-27
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
414
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
21 - 27
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)414:1<21:ACDSAE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A conceptual design of an integral plant for Pu disposition and for tr ansmutation of the most hazardous long-lived nuclear waste is develope d on the basis of the mature technologies of heavy-water nuclear react ors. Other technologies under study include recent options provided by the evolution of linear accelerators and chemical reprocessing. Safet y, effectiveness and technical feasibility are analysed for the techno logies and designs at issue. Cost estimates are made for the entire ac celerator-driven transmutation plant. These estimates are based on sys tem design descriptions, engineering blueprints, technological flow sh eets, and detailed equipment lists. The estimates are checked as much as possible against actual data to assure compatibility with current e ngineering and technological practices and cost experiences. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.